The Death and Life of a Reluctant Urban Icon. Review Essay of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary by ALice Sparberg Alexiou
In this article, Pierre Desrochers reviews Alice Sparberg Alexiou’s Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary.
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Communism and the Ironic Value of Property in Italian Neo-Realist Cinema
This paper will explore in depth the issues raised in La Terra Trema (“The Earth Trembles,” 1948).
Romanticism and Modern Fiction
Belying their seemingly chaotic diversity, all of modern fiction and modern criticism unite on at least one point: rejection of romanticism.
The Schism between Individualist and Communist Anarchism in the Nineteenth Century
The image of a bomb-throwing anarchist is a cultural caricature but, as with many caricatures, there is some truth behind it.
Fanatical, Not Reasonable: A Short Correspondence between Walter Block and Milton Friedman
When I first received Milton Friedman’s letter in response to my article “Hayek’s Road to Serfdom” I did not realize it would lead to more.
Establishing Government Accountability in the Anti-Sweat Shop Campaign: Toward a Logical, Activist Approach to Improving the Working Conditions of the Poor
On college campuses across the country, there has been an escalating uproar concerning labor conditions in less economically developed regions of t
Atlas Shrugged at Fifty
It was October 1957, several days before the official publication date.
Re-Reading Thomson: Thomson’s Unanswered Challenge
Judith Jarvis Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” (1971) was first published more than 30 years ago.
Money is the Product of Virtue: Tensions in Rand’s Invocation of Market Success
Casual acquaintance with Ayn Rand’s ideas often involves the assumption that Rand would approve of Oliver Stone’s character Gordon Gekko (of “greed
The Multiculturalism of Fear by Jacob Levy
In this article, Marcus Verhaegh reviews Jacob Levy’s The Multiculturalism of Fear.
