Daniel B. Klein

Caleb Petitt and Daniel Klein explain why Adam Smith chose to use certain words frequently in The Theory of Moral Sentiments but rarely in The Wealth of Nations.

Daniel Klein and Erik Matson draw connections between commutative justice and liberty using the works of David Hume and Adam Smith.

Daniel Klein expands upon the idea or jurisprudence within liberalism as explained by Deirdre McCloskey.

Is liberty natural? Daniel Klein and Erik Matson compare the definitions of “natural” to Adam Smith’s use of the term “natural liberty.”

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, sang John Lennon. And it’s easy, he declared. But it’s not easy. Adam Smith may help you find and sustain love. 

Which do you suffer from: pride or vanity? Daniel Klein compares the qualities of the proud man, the vain man, and the wise and virtuous man.

Ali Motamedi and Daniel Klein critique Adam Smith’s notion that in determining how virtuous a person is, it is necessary to consider that person’s self-​approbation.

Eric Hammer and Daniel Klein examine the actors in the system of the welfare state—the taxpayers, voters, politicians, pundits and advocates, civil servants, and recipients of welfare-​state benefits—to determine whether generosity is present. They contend that the welfare state is devoid of generosity.

Yahya Alshamy and Daniel B. Klein explain how Adam Smith’s work exhibits aspects of what has become known as “loss aversion” in modern behavioral psychology.

Dan Klein prompts us to think about the relationship between superiors and inferiors, and how this sheds light on our understanding of hierarchy, equality, and liberty in social and political affairs.

Klein assesses George Will’s two most renowned books, 36 years apart, Statecraft as Soulcraft (1983) and The Conservative Sensibility (2019), finding some changes upon an underlying continuity—rather like the two levels of human nature exposited by Will 1983.