Living With Inequality
Has Thomas Piketty really found "the central contradiction of capitalism"?
Books
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
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.
