Book Reviews

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Eduard Bucher

In this review of The Birth of the Transfer Society, by economists Terry Anderson and Peter Hill, Eduard Bucher looks at the origins of transfer policies in the US and how they developed into the monster they are today.

David Gordon

In his latest book, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative, Glenn Loury engages in what David Gordon calls an argument by fiat. While Loury makes a good faith effort to explain his points, his logic is nonetheless lacking.

David Gordon

David Stockman is, to say the least, no admirer of Donald Trump, but even those inclined to a more favorable view of the former president than his will find much of value in this book. 

David Gordon

Stiglitz won the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, but that doesn't mean he understands free markets, as you might expect from the title of this book. No, Professor Stiglitz, in the free market, there are no government subsidies or taxes. 

David Gordon

Is charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter.

David Gordon

David Gordon reviews How to Run Wars, by Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall. Their tone is satirical, aimed at showing the folly and corruption that marks the policies of the foreign policy elites.

David Gordon

The neoconservatives are prime examples of what happens when the temptation to empire and hegemony, far from being resisted, is eagerly embraced by conservatives.

David Gordon

Milton Friedman’s commitment to statistical analysis led him vehemently to oppose the economics of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, whom he regarded as the purveyors of a priori, “unscientific” theorizing.