Arrested Development
Economists who set out to help the world's poor may actually be part of the problem.
Books
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
The Peril of Palatability
A former FDA chief sounds the alarm about dangerously delicious food.
The Cold War Never Ended
Twenty years later, historians still can't figure out why the West won.
What's the Matter With Libertarians?
Thomas Frank blames the freedom movement for Jack Abramoff and George W. Bush
Tor's Worlds Without Death or Taxes
When is a mainstream publisher also an anti-authoritarian propagandist? When it publishes science fiction.
A Transformation on Race
Barack Obama's "post-racial" posture reflects a quiet but radical shift in liberal ideas about race in America
Between Iraq and a Soft Place
Democrats counter with a kinder, gentler interventionism
Defaming Milton Friedman
Naomi Klein's disastrous yet popular polemic against the great free market economist
Zoning Toward Oblivion
How the Supreme Court's decision in Euclid v. Ambler shaped modern America
Crying Wolf
Are we all fascists now?
