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Many have been surprised by the lack of resistance by the European Jews who were killed by the millions in the Nazi concentration and death camps during the Second World War. For the most ...
Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School
by Gene Callahan (Auburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2002); 349 pages; $19.95.
Back in 1932 an economist named Broadus Mitchell wrote an introductory principles textbook entitled A Preface to Economics. When he ...
Every few years voices are heard heralding and warning of a “crisis of capitalism.” The 20th century saw an unending series of such voices of doom that the free market had shown its injustice towards and ...
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For millions of Americans the Second Amendment and its guarantee of the right of the individual to bear arms appears irrelevant and practically anachronistic. It seems a throwback to those earlier days of the ...
Should We Have Faith in Central Banks?
by Otmar Issing (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2002); 53 pages; $12.
One of the momentous events of the new century has been the establishment of a single, common currency for many of the ...
On the evening of June 6, 2002, President George W. Bush delivered a brief nationwide television address in which he called for the creation of a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The president stated that “America is leading ...
Liberating the Land: The Case for Private Land-Use Planning
by Mark Pennington (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2002); 114 pages; $15.
Over the last 20 years there have been a variety of strong reactions against the idea of government planning. But ...
In 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared, “I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell lies if it will help win the war.” Now in wartime it certainly may be necessary for a general or a commander in chief to ...
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
by Thomas DiLorenzo (Roseville, Calf.; Prima Publishing, 2002); 333 pages; $24.95.
In his books Race and Economics (1975) and Markets and Minorities (1981), free-market economist Thomas ...
FRANCIS FUKUYAMA gained international recognition in 1989 when he published an article in The National Interest entitled “The End of Man.” He offered a “Hegelian” conception of the evolution and direction of human history. In short, he argued that ...
