Daniel Klein

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05/20/2021 Journal of Libertarian Studies Daniel Klein

Unfortunately, this oldest and most general result of the theory of social phenomena [viz., the spontaneous coordination of individual efforts] has never been given a title which would secure it an...

Was Adam Smith on the Political Left?

12/16/2019 Power & Market Daniel Klein

In a recent lecture I gave at the Institute for Humane Studies, I examine claims that Smith would today be on the political left. I quote from Amartya Sen, Emma Rothschild, Samuel Fleischacker and...

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