Books & History
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The Day New York Defaulted: Inside Gotham’s Fiscal Fall
Decades of reckless budgeting drove away the city’s tax base. In 1975, bond markets effectively ruled the city bankrupt.
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‘1619 Project’ is Brazen Deception in the Service of Statism
Phillip Magness’s new book debunks the political project — disguised as history — for its deliberate lies and hidden agenda.
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Liberal Heritage and ‘Political Philosophy: The Basics’
Bas van der Vossen’s 2024 book on political philosophy is an excellent, if incomplete, primer for the interested everyman.
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Public Choice at the Pump: How Politicians Banned Self-Serve Gas for Years
Full-service stations enlisted government to block you from pumping your own gas, protecting their profits at the expense of consumers and would-be competitors.
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Who Are (or Were?) the Woke?
The promised ‘racial reckoning’ was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi’s new book reveals.
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How Racism Was Redefined—and Turned into a Political Cudgel
Joseph Klein’s new book ‘Redefining Racism’ traces how a clear and detestable prejudice was transformed into a malleable tool for silencing critics.
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Cash, Not Control: A Global History of Basic Income
The new book ‘Welfare for Markets’ contextualizes the centuries-long effort to disentangle social welfare investments from broken bureaucratic programs.
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Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs
Bastiat’s writing combines campy, folksy stories with blinding economic logic. Even 200 years later, he has much to teach us.
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1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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Intersections Between the Bible and Economics
While it is Christian to be charitable, Jesus never mixed charity with compulsion, nor did he teach his followers to resort to force.
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The Day New York Defaulted: Inside Gotham’s Fiscal Fall
Decades of reckless budgeting drove away the city’s tax base. In 1975, bond markets effectively ruled the city bankrupt.
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•
‘1619 Project’ is Brazen Deception in the Service of Statism
Phillip Magness’s new book debunks the political project — disguised as history — for its deliberate lies and hidden agenda.
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•
Liberal Heritage and ‘Political Philosophy: The Basics’
Bas van der Vossen’s 2024 book on political philosophy is an excellent, if incomplete, primer for the interested everyman.
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•
Public Choice at the Pump: How Politicians Banned Self-Serve Gas for Years
Full-service stations enlisted government to block you from pumping your own gas, protecting their profits at the expense of consumers and would-be competitors.
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•
Who Are (or Were?) the Woke?
The promised ‘racial reckoning’ was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi’s new book reveals.
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•
How Racism Was Redefined—and Turned into a Political Cudgel
Joseph Klein’s new book ‘Redefining Racism’ traces how a clear and detestable prejudice was transformed into a malleable tool for silencing critics.
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•
Cash, Not Control: A Global History of Basic Income
The new book ‘Welfare for Markets’ contextualizes the centuries-long effort to disentangle social welfare investments from broken bureaucratic programs.
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•
Rediscovering Frédéric Bastiat in an Age of Tariffs
Bastiat’s writing combines campy, folksy stories with blinding economic logic. Even 200 years later, he has much to teach us.
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•
1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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•
Intersections Between the Bible and Economics
While it is Christian to be charitable, Jesus never mixed charity with compulsion, nor did he teach his followers to resort to force.