Bøker av Daniel B. Klein

The present book treats Adam Smith and the liberalism he shared with David Hume and Edmund Burke. It explores notions jural, political, and economic, though other things as well. It uses Smith and others in developing classical liberalism. The work contains substantial pieces deriving from scholarly articles.

Smithian Morals takes up Adam Smith's thought on justice, virtue, propriety, beneficialness, liberty, God, and the conscience. Smith is pursued as exemplar, sage, moral guide, and therapist. Smith teaches us to think dialectically. At the center of Smith's thought Klein sees a robust affirmation: "allowing every man to pursue his own interest his own way, upon the liberal plan of equality, liberty, and justice." Smith teaches a presumption of liberty. The strength of that presumption is up to us. Smith's liberalism is outspoken to the point of abolitionism on particular issues, but in a broader sense it is conservative; it is an engaging, humane conservative liberalism. It emanates from a true moralist and his philosophy of virtue. Smith teaches a presumption of liberty not from first principles or purportedly self-evident propositions. He picks up midstream, mindful of the waters about all he treats and about his own weather-beaten vessel, for he is coursing upon the waters with us. As interpreter of Smith's texts, Klein is open about his tendencies toward classical liberalism, non-foundationalism, and esoteric reading.

The authors of this book say it's time to rethink the fundamental structure of transit policy. The book focuses on street-based transit - buses, shuttles, and jitneys. The authors examine a variety of transit services: jitney services from America's past, illegal jitneys today, airport shuttle van services, bus deregulation in Great Britain, and jitney services in less developed countries.

The title of this book raises a provocative question that should make all economists think. Do economists have much influence on government policy, particularly over, say, five or ten years? In this splendid collection, some published as long ago as the 1930s, nine great economists consider these questions.

Should economists remain as detached scholars, pursuing their research to the satisfaction of themselves? Or should they try to educate their fellow men and women in economic ideas, hoping to have an impact on economic policy? This title addresses these issues.