Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud, and Deception to Keep You Misinformed, by Christopher C. Horner

Mises Review 14, No. 4 (Winter 2008)

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:

Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature Is At Odds With Economics — And Why It Matters, by Peter A. Ubel

Mises Review 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

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, by Ludwig von Mises

Mises Review 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

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, by Fareed Zakaria

Volume 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

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 Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, by Andrew J. Bacevich

Volume 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009)

THE LIMITS OF POWER: THE END OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Andrew J. Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008, 206 pgs.
 

Andrew Bacevich has written a powerful but flawed criticism of American foreign policy. Both an academic historian and a professional soldier, he is exceptionally qualified to undertake such a critique.