Don't Just Do Something!
"Humanitarian" interventions often lead to increased harm.
Books
The Permanent Security State
Presidents come and go, but the national security bureaucracy never leaves.
How the Fed Was Born
A book about the birth of the Federal Reserve overlooks the flaws in the system.
How Liberals Put Black America Behind Bars
A surprising new history about race and prison
Peter Thiel's Start-Up Manifesto
Why the PayPal founder and early Facebook investor loves monopolies, the Founding Fathers, and Lady Gaga.
Naomi Klein Changes Nothing
The laws of nature do not mandate a progressive paradise.
Living With Inequality
Has Thomas Piketty really found "the central contradiction of capitalism"?
The Secret History of the Telephone Network
The public utility model of telecommunications was not as inevitable as it seems today.
How 'Crazy Negroes' With Guns Helped Kill Jim Crow
Civil rights and armed self-defense in the South
The Financial Crisis of 1837
Trying to understand one of America's great economic downturns
Arrested Development
Economists who set out to help the world's poor may actually be part of the problem.
Is Skynet Inevitable?
Artificial intelligence and the possibility of human extinction
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
Intellectual property and piracy managed to co-exist in 19th-century America.
Conscription Is Not the Answer Either
Andrew Bacevich's powerful critique of U.S. foreign policy backs the wrong remedy.
The Vanity of American Exceptionalism
Charles Murray's latest mixes American history with self-flattery.
Hardhats for Peace, Students for War
The surprising shape of public opinion in the Vietnam era.
The Last Leftist
The late Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, puts today's lefties to shame.
A Techno-Agrarian Manifesto
Is vertical farming the future of American agriculture?
The Rise of Cybercollectivism
Progressives look for a "master switch" to produce their ideal Internet.
Dead End Kids on Acid
A business history of LSD
Tyranny of the Minority
James MacGregor Burns' biased and cartoonish new history of the Supreme Court
