Philip Howard and Will Marshall of the Progressive Policy Institute talk with Margaret Hoover about President Trump's deep state blitz, what DOGE is getting wrong, and their advice for Elon Musk in a forum at Hofstra University.
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Philip Howard sits down with John Avlon to talk DOGE and government reform: Elon wants to cut government programs, but that won’t make government more efficient. But changing how the government does things—by streamlining the permitting and purchasing processes, for example—will make government more effective, efficient, and responsive to the public.
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Philip Howard joins Michael J. Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what it takes to create positive school environments, as outlined in his recent Hoover Institution essay, “The Human Authority Needed for Good Schools.”
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On "Forbes Newsroom," Philip Howard spoke about Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's proposed Department of Government Efficiency, and how President-elect Trump can use their cost-cutting recommendations—despite ‘DOGE’ operating outside of the federal government.
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Does modern society have too many laws? Have we complicated legal codes to the point where we’re suffocating under them and grinding the government to a screeching halt?
Philip Howard and Greg LaBlanc discuss the balance between rigid rules and human discretion, the importance of human judgment in law, and how legal micromanagement and excessive regulation curtails individual agency and practical wisdom.
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Is America’s governing framework hindering our ability to make simple choices in daily life? American Law Institute President David F. Levi sits down with Philip Howard to discuss his new book. They’re joined by Judge Edith Jones and Nicholas Bagley for a lively conversation that explores Howard’s critique of complex legal structures and their impact on our sense of agency.
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Joe Klein and John Ellis talk to Philip Howard about broken government, and where to begin to fix it.
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Francis Fukuyama talks with Philip Howard about Everyday Freedom, and how the law has weakened the authority of government in ways that make us less free.
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Philip Howard talks with Meghna Chakrabarti about the crisis of human disempowerment, and how re-empowerment could lead to a national flourishing.
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In his discussion with Adam Epstein, Philip Howard discusses his latest book, Everyday Freedom, which argues that the post 1960’s legal framework which has guided government policy for 60 years has been a failure.
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Philip Howard talks with his daughter Charlotte Howard, Executive Editor at The Economist, about his new book Everyday Freedom, and what he considers to be the root causes of government failure.
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Philip Howard joins a panel discussion with Nobel Prize laureates Edmund Phelps and Paul Romer, Yuval Levin, and Jennifer Murtazashvili, moderated by Mene Ukueberuwa; part of the “Re-empowering Human Agency” forum on April 19, 2023 at Columbia University.
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Julie Hartman and Philip Howard talk about the role of law as explored in Philip’s books.
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Philip Howard talks with National Review’s Dominic Pino about Not Accountable.
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Philip Howard talks with Larry Rifkin about Not Accountable.
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2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy interviews Philip Howard about Not Accountable and overhauling bureaucracy.
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Rich Valdés interviews Philip Howard about his proposal for an independent fiscal commission to address the debt ceiling crisis, Common Good, and Not Accountable. (Interview starts at 44:12.)
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Philip Howard talks with Brian Sullivan about his proposal for a fiscal commission to deal with America’s budget crisis.
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Philip Howard talks with Tom Temin about Not Accountable and union controls in the federal government.
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Philip Howard fields calls about Not Accountable and his other work with Peter Slen.
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