Book Reviews

Mansfield’s is an elitist who sees Harvard as a meritocracy that has led America to greatness and can do so again if leftist attempts to undermine elitism are defeated.

In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews The Meaning of Socialism by Michael Luntley. While acknowledging that Luntley has some good insights, overall, he find the work lacking a full understanding of socialism.

Although F. A. Hayek had many important contributions to economic theory, both Rothbard and Mises had major disagreements with Hayek's book, The Constitution of Liberty because of Hayek's support of public welfare measures.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes on the question of unjust laws. Under what circumstances should people obey them anyway. Murray Rothbard helps to provide an answer.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Fred Reed’s latest work, which lambasts the American propensity to fight pointless yet destructive wars abroad, all the while destroying what is left of what was once a decent society at home.

Shahin Karkhaneh reviews Cronyism: Rise of the Corporatist State, 1849–1929 by Patrick Newman and published by the Mises Institute. 

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks at philosopher Richard Miller’s stunning retreat from Marxism, the philosophy he espoused for most of his career.

As the Iran war and other events challenge US hegemony around the world, reality is forcing Americans to rethink what they once took for granted.

Rainer Zitelmann, the erstwhile defender of capitalism, takes his defense out of this world as he examines capitalism and space travel. Lipton Matthews, in this review of New Space Capitalism, gives it a thumbs up.

Murray Rothbard entered Columbia University at age 16 and by the time he was graduated from that institution with a Ph.D. in economics, he already had done path-breaking work in economics. His legacy has only grown since then.