Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, by Jonah Goldberg
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
LIBERAL FASCISM: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LEFT
Jonah Goldberg
Doubleday, 2007, 487 pgs.
The Conscience of a Liberal, by Paul Krugman
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL
Paul Krugman
W.W. Norton, 2007, 296 pgs.
Like him or not, Paul Krugman is an economic theorist of distinction, a winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, and often rumored to be in the running for the Nobel Prize. It is disappointing, then, that Conscience of a Liberal contains virtually no economic theory. Instead, the book consists of crude propaganda for a “soak-the-rich” policy.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, by Robert P. Murphy
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO CAPITALISM
Robert P. Murphy
Regnery, 2007, xii + 206 pgs.
Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism: A Call to Action, by George Weigel
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
FAITH, REASON, AND THE WAR AGAINST JIHADISM: A CALL TO ACTION
George Weigel
Doubleday, 2007, 195 pgs.
Morality and Political Violence, by C.A.J. Coady
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
MORALITY AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
C.A.J. Coady
Cambridge University Press, 2007, xi + 317 pgs.
The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History, by Gordon S. Wood
Mises Review 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
THE PURPOSE OF THE PAST: REFLECTIONS ON THE USES OF HISTORY
Gordon S. Wood
Penguin Press, 2008, 323 pgs.
Wood himself has definite views about the nature of the past that are as much theoretical impositions as those of the writers he challenges.”
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, by Nicholson Baker
Mises Review 14, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION
Nicholson Baker
Simon & Schuster, 2008, 566 pgs.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, by Richard H. Thaler and Sunstein
Mises Review 14, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS
Richard H. Thaler and Cass Sunstein
Yale University Press, 2008, x + 293 pgs.
The Return of History and the End of Dreams, by Robert Kagan
Mises Review 14, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
THE RETURN OF HISTORY AND THE END OF DREAMS
Robert Kagan
Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, 116 pgs.
In this instance, you can judge a book by its cover. The back of the dust jacket displays endorsements by two of our foremost warmongers. Both John McCain and Joseph Lieberman praise Kagan as an insightful analyst of foreign policy.
The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul
Mises Review 14, No. 2 (Summer 2008)
THE REVOLUTION: A MANIFESTO
Ron Paul
Grand Central Publishing, 2008, xi + 173 pgs.
