Mises Review

Hilary Putnam ranks as one of the outstanding American philosophers of the twentieth century, but never before now has he shown any interest in economics.

Hadley Arkes gives us too much of a good thing. He  argues, with great effectiveness, that legal thinkers today ignore the natural law basis that grounds human rights.

Tom DiLorenzo is well able to look out for himself, but one comment in Ken Masugi's review of his book on Lincoln merits our attention. 

John Gray is Ayn Rand's nightmare come true. Once a classical liberal, he now finds the inanities of Tony Blair's "Third Way," as expounded by its oracle Anthony Giddens, more to his liking. 

Douglas Husak, a distinguished legal philosopher, presents in excellent fashion a key point about drug prohibition. He claims not to be a libertarian;

Murray Rothbard had a remarkable ability to throw unexpected light on historical controversies. Again and again in his work, he pointed out factors that earlier authors had overlooked. 

Paul Gottfried has seen an aspect of multiculturalism and political correctness that previous critics of these doctrines have failed adequately to stress. 

The American Conservative is off to a brilliant start. Paul W. Schroeder's article is the best analysis I have seen of the current crisis in America's relations with Iraq.

Gene Callahan superbly executes a very difficult task. Wittgenstein famously said, "whatever can be said, can be said clearly"; but does this apply to economics?

Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm's erudite study has changed my view of gun control. Before reading her book, I was inclined to see control in this way: Leaving aside questions about individual rights,