Archive for Michael DeBow

The Pursuit of Justice: The Law and Economics of Legal Institutions

Public Choice analysis is the application of economic reasoning—principally the idea that human action is primarily self-interested—to questions drawn from politics and government. It was famously described by James Buchanan as “politics without romance.” To date most Public Choice research has focused on the behavior of political actors. Less attention has been paid to the behavior [...]

30Nov2011 | | 20 comments | Continued

Тhe Second Bill of Rights: FDR’s Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More Than Ever

The problem with the American welfare state, according to Cass Sunstein, is that it is too small. In this book the widely respected University of Chicago law professor argues that the federal government should guarantee Americans a broad range of “economic rights.” Sunstein organizes the book around the story of Franklin Roosevelt’s 1944 State of [...]

14Dec2005 | | 2 comments | Continued

Reforming Politics in the Age of Leviathan: A Skeptical View

Michael DeBow is a professor of law at the Cumberland Law School of Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. The reform of campaign finance and lobbying is a perennial subject for Americans, particularly those of the “good government” persuasion. The reformers’ conventional wisdom on these issues laments the fact that American politicians solicit, and receive, large [...]

1Oct1995 | | 0 comments | Continued

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