Books & History
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Adam Smith’s Three Steps to Prosperity
Specialization fuels economic development, but institutions matter. What constrains trade from producing more value?
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Silent Cal’s Loud Lesson on Tax Cuts
A century ago, the federal government ran surpluses under lower tax rates. But that’s impossible with our out-of-control spending.
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Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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What a Children’s Book Taught Me About Core Economic Principles
Despite having no formal economics training, Richard Scarry captures Say’s Law through Busytown’s everyday interactions.
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‘Violent Saviors’: William Easterly’s Book on Imperialism and Conquest
William Easterly traces three centuries of Western expansion, examining the moral and political justifications used to dominate other peoples.
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How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.
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Will Adam Smith’s ‘Impartial Spectator’ Soften Trump’s Hardest Foreign-Policy Edges?
Self-interest can often steer us toward the moral and praiseworthy. Will our leaders heed that higher call?
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The Dark Side of FDR
David Beito’s new book argues that Roosevelt’s record reveals a president driven more by power than principle.
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‘The Heir’ to George Soros’s Activist Empire
Palumbo’s The Heir chronicles the transition from George Soros to Alex Soros and the continuation of an activist infrastructure built over decades.
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The W.E.B. Du Bois We Lost: Marginal Economist?
The famous sociologist was once a student of markets and wages. His later leftist radicalism was forged by institutional failure in the brutal Jim Crow South.
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Adam Smith’s Three Steps to Prosperity
Specialization fuels economic development, but institutions matter. What constrains trade from producing more value?
-
•
Silent Cal’s Loud Lesson on Tax Cuts
A century ago, the federal government ran surpluses under lower tax rates. But that’s impossible with our out-of-control spending.
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•
Reflections on Saturday Morning TV—and The Regulations That Ended It
Though Saturday morning television is gone, the regulatory complex it spawned remains.
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•
What a Children’s Book Taught Me About Core Economic Principles
Despite having no formal economics training, Richard Scarry captures Say’s Law through Busytown’s everyday interactions.
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•
‘Violent Saviors’: William Easterly’s Book on Imperialism and Conquest
William Easterly traces three centuries of Western expansion, examining the moral and political justifications used to dominate other peoples.
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•
How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.
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•
Will Adam Smith’s ‘Impartial Spectator’ Soften Trump’s Hardest Foreign-Policy Edges?
Self-interest can often steer us toward the moral and praiseworthy. Will our leaders heed that higher call?
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•
The Dark Side of FDR
David Beito’s new book argues that Roosevelt’s record reveals a president driven more by power than principle.
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•
‘The Heir’ to George Soros’s Activist Empire
Palumbo’s The Heir chronicles the transition from George Soros to Alex Soros and the continuation of an activist infrastructure built over decades.
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•
The W.E.B. Du Bois We Lost: Marginal Economist?
The famous sociologist was once a student of markets and wages. His later leftist radicalism was forged by institutional failure in the brutal Jim Crow South.