HAMILTON’S CURSE: HOW JEFFERSON’S ARCHENEMY BETRAYED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR AMERICA TODAY
Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Crown Forum, 2008, 245 pgs.
NEW DEAL OR RAW DEAL? HOW FDR’S ECONOMIC LEGACY HAS DAMAGED AMERICA
Burton Folsom, Jr.
Threshold Editions, 2008, xvi + 318 pgs.
Readers of The Mises Review will not be surprised to learn that Folsom considers the New Deal a failure. Nevertheless, even those already familiar with such books as John T. Flynn’s The Roosevelt Myth will find Folsom’s book valuable. Folsom advances new and important arguments.
RED HOT LIES: HOW GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS USE THREATS, FRAUD, AND DECEPTION TO KEEP YOU MISINFORMED
Christopher C. Horner
Regnery, 2008, viii + 407 pgs.
Those of us who refuse to accept calls from proponents of global warming for drastic restrictions on production often confront objections like this:
THE MEANING OF SARKOZY
Alain Badiou
Verso, 2008, 117 pgs.
FREE MARKET MADNESS: WHY HUMAN NATURE IS AT ODDS WITH ECONOMICS — AND WHY IT MATTERS
Peter A. Ubel
Harvard Business Press, 2009, xiv + 257 pgs.
Peter Ubel has written an informative and useful book, but not entirely for the reasons he thinks. He presents a very well-written and easy-to-understand account of behavioral economics; in doing so, he illustrates, contrary to his intention, the dangers that this movement poses to our freedom.
MARXISM UNMASKED: FROM DELUSION TO DESTRUCTION
Ludwig von Mises
Introduction by Richard M. Ebeling
Foundation for Economic Education, 2006, xvii + 110 pgs.
In June and July 1952, Ludwig von Mises delivered nine lectures in San Francisco on Marxism and capitalism. Bettina Greaves transcribed these lectures, and she has done us a great service in making these lectures available to the public. They display Mises’s unparalleled insight, and even experienced students of him will learn much from what he says here.
THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD
Fareed Zakaria
Norton, 2008, 292 pages
Fareed Zakaria poses a fundamental question. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, America has dominated the world. How long can we remain in this position? Zakaria foresees an end to our dominance, as other powers, especially China and India, continue to grow economically. Fortunately, he holds, this portends no bad things for America. Quite the contrary, we can fare very well indeed if we adapt to our lessened but still powerful new position.
THE CASE FOR BIG GOVERNMENT
Jeff Madrick
Princeton University Press, 2009, 205 pgs.
AGAINST INTELLECTUAL MONOPOLY
Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
Cambridge University Press, 2008, viii + 298 pgs.
DELETING THE STATE: AN ARGUMENT ABOUT GOVERNMENT
Aeon J. Skoble
Open Court, 2008, viii + 129 pgs.
