Daniel B. Klein - Liberal Currents

Let's Rethink the Primary Process for 2028

Primary season is closer than you think— can Democrats avoid their most damaging mistakes of 2020?

David Faris Jul 13, 2026

Neon Liberalism

Is the Lock Box Empty? (Neon Liberalism #82, with Stephen Nuñez)

The American government is an insurance company with an army—so how do our insurance company's finances look?

Samantha Hancox-Li, Stephen Nuñez Jul 12, 2026

Half the Answer

Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)

Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many

Caitlin M. Green, Trent R. Nelson, Marisa Kabas Jul 11, 2026

Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he leads a program in Adam Smith, and associate fellow at the Ratio Institute, Stockholm.

2 articles

Adam Smith: Left, Right, Other, or All of the Above?

On the political outlook and ideology of the great Scottish philosopher.

Daniel B. Klein, Branko Milanovic Jun 7, 2024

The Warm Liberalism of Erik Gustaf Geijer

* The new volume Freedom in Sweden: Selected Works of Erik Gustaf Geijer, ed. Björn Hasselgren, trans. P. C. Hogg (Timbro,

Björn Hasselgren, Daniel B. Klein Dec 6, 2017