Book Reviews
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Deirdre McCloskey Wants Old Liberalism Back: ‘Equality of Permission’
In ‘Equality of Permission,’ McCloskey returns to familiar ground: free markets, individual dignity, and the dangers of statism. What makes it distinctive is the force and flair of her argument.
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Catholic Integralism Is a Brutal Dead End. Will Gen Z Repeat It?
A growing subculture is determined to subordinate America to the authority of Catholic theology. But this project has been tried before: it ends in predictable horrors.
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‘Market Humanism’ Renames an Old Economic Insight: Cooperation
A new book suggests a modern marketing label for classical liberal ideas: individuals acting in markets are engines of human flourishing.
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Do You Know These 24 Underrated Economists?
A new collection celebrates 24 ‘Unsung Heroes’ of free-market thinking, bringing their important ideas into the spotlight.
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The Battle for the Future of Space
Rainer Zitelmann’s ‘Space Capitalism’ argues that property rights and free markets — not government control — will determine whether humanity’s next great frontier becomes a thriving commercial enterprise.
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The ‘Better and Worse’ of Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage History
Stephanie Coontz’s new book succeeds as a thoughtful history of modern marriage but misdiagnoses the economic forces reshaping it.
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The Right’s Long March Toward Illiberalism
Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds’ traces the intellectual evolution of the New Right and the ideas driving its rejection of liberalism.
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How the Dollar Became American
Brendan Greeley’s new book ‘The Almighty Dollar’ traces the dollar’s 500-year journey from a European silver coin to the shaky foundation of American financial power.
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Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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Where Have All the Conservatives Gone?
Left and right increasingly compete over how to wield government power rather than whether to limit it. Stephanie Slade’s ‘Fusionism’ asks whether liberty and restraint still have a constituency.
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Deirdre McCloskey Wants Old Liberalism Back: ‘Equality of Permission’
In ‘Equality of Permission,’ McCloskey returns to familiar ground: free markets, individual dignity, and the dangers of statism. What makes it distinctive is the force and flair of her argument.
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•
Catholic Integralism Is a Brutal Dead End. Will Gen Z Repeat It?
A growing subculture is determined to subordinate America to the authority of Catholic theology. But this project has been tried before: it ends in predictable horrors.
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•
‘Market Humanism’ Renames an Old Economic Insight: Cooperation
A new book suggests a modern marketing label for classical liberal ideas: individuals acting in markets are engines of human flourishing.
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•
Do You Know These 24 Underrated Economists?
A new collection celebrates 24 ‘Unsung Heroes’ of free-market thinking, bringing their important ideas into the spotlight.
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•
The Battle for the Future of Space
Rainer Zitelmann’s ‘Space Capitalism’ argues that property rights and free markets — not government control — will determine whether humanity’s next great frontier becomes a thriving commercial enterprise.
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•
The ‘Better and Worse’ of Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage History
Stephanie Coontz’s new book succeeds as a thoughtful history of modern marriage but misdiagnoses the economic forces reshaping it.
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•
The Right’s Long March Toward Illiberalism
Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds’ traces the intellectual evolution of the New Right and the ideas driving its rejection of liberalism.
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•
How the Dollar Became American
Brendan Greeley’s new book ‘The Almighty Dollar’ traces the dollar’s 500-year journey from a European silver coin to the shaky foundation of American financial power.
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•
Independent Thinking Can’t Be Force-Fed
The new book ‘Unconventional Education and America’s Founding’ traces the pluralistic, self-led educations that prepared colonial learners to remake the world.
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•
Where Have All the Conservatives Gone?
Left and right increasingly compete over how to wield government power rather than whether to limit it. Stephanie Slade’s ‘Fusionism’ asks whether liberty and restraint still have a constituency.