EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 40 MIN
The Philosophical Value of Discretion | Prof. Barry Lam - UC-Riverside (Ep. 4)
from Civic Lens · host Marvin King
Barry Lam, author of Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion, and host of Hi-Phi Nation, discusses how America's penchant for legalistic rule-making makes us all worse off. Lam recommends: : Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service, The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
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