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.
Read MoreIs 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.
Read MoreJoe Klein and John Ellis talk to Philip Howard about broken government, and where to begin to fix it.
Read MoreFrancis 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.
Read MorePhilip Howard talks with Meghna Chakrabarti about the crisis of human disempowerment, and how re-empowerment could lead to a national flourishing.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MorePhilip 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.
Read MorePhilip 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.
Read MoreJulie Hartman and Philip Howard talk about the role of law as explored in Philip’s books.
Read MorePhilip Howard talks with National Review’s Dominic Pino about Not Accountable.
Read MorePhilip Howard talks with Larry Rifkin about Not Accountable.
Read More2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy interviews Philip Howard about Not Accountable and overhauling bureaucracy.
Read MoreRich 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.)
Read MorePhilip Howard talks with Brian Sullivan about his proposal for a fiscal commission to deal with America’s budget crisis.
Read MorePhilip Howard talks with Tom Temin about Not Accountable and union controls in the federal government.
Read MorePhilip Howard fields calls about Not Accountable and his other work with Peter Slen.
Read MoreSteve Hilton interviews Philip Howard about Not Accountable.
Read MorePhilip Howard joins the group to discuss Not Accountable.
Read MoreJonah Goldberg and Philip Howard offer some “fiendishly nerdy ramblings on the nature of public sector unions” and “some hopeful thoughts on how America’s legal and legislative systems could be improved.”
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot interviews Philip Howard about Not Accountable.
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