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Review of Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society, by Robert Higgs
Against Leviathan would be an excellent companion reader for any economics class that deals with policy, and especially a class on regulation and the relationship between government and business.
The “Confederate” Blockade of the South
It is important to note that the economic theory of war does not necessarily displace the historical explanations that rest on such factors as internal dissension, a failure of leadership or diplomacy
Review of A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America, by Michael A. Berstein
Every economist who regards himself or herself as a free-market theorist and advocate should acquire, read, and retain this paean to planning and interventionism as a valuable reference—especially if he or she is also a political libertarian.
Review of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918-1938 by Butler Shaffer
Butler Shaffer's well-written monograph, In Restraint of Trade, describes in extensive detail why and how most businessmen pleaded for the government to tame them between the end of World War I and the eve of World War II.
Review of Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs
This book is a collection of ten previously published essays that address some of the most important questions of twentieth-century America.
Review of Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860, by Robert A. Margo
Margo concludes what Austrian economists have surmised all along, namely that the rise in real wages during this period very closely approximated the rise in worker productivity.
Separation of Commercial and Investment Banking: The Morgans vs. The Rockefellers
The Banking Act of 1933, sometimes referred to as the Glass-Steagall Act, separated commercial and investment banking, instituted Federal deposit insurance,
Review of How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
The title of the book may initially seem to be an exercise in hyperbole, but such is not the case. How Capitalism Saved America is indeed the untold history of our country.
Review of When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession, by Charles Adams
The great value of Charles Adam's book, When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession, isthat it shows in careful historical detail that slavery did not cause this great tragedy.
