There are a few issues where Americans on both sides of our political divide are in agreement and one of them is the wrongfulness of civil asset-forfeiture laws. Under those laws (which exist at federal, state, and local levels), ...
Freedom Frauds: Hard Lessons in American Liberty by James Bovard (Future of Freedom, 2017), 184 pages.
James Bovard has been a thorn in the side of the statists for decades. His books and columns have exposed the ...
The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan (Princeton University Press, 2018, 395 pages).
Almost every book on education policy (and I have read a great many ...
Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality by James Kwak (Pantheon Books, 2017; 237 pages)
There is a nasty genre of writing: books and articles that seek to build the case for socialism and interventionist government policies by smearing ...
Freedom of contract used to be understood as a cornerstone of civilization and a crucial element in economic progress. The Constitution’s Framers included in Article 1, Section 10, a clause stating that Congress was forbidden to enact any law ...
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy by Robert H. Frank (Princeton University Press, 2016; 208 pages)
In 2002, I reviewed an atrocious book for this publication — The Myth of Ownership, by Liam ...
Who Needs the Fed? by John Tamny (Encounter Books, 2016); 224 pages.
I really don’t like to start a review with a quibble, but in this instance, I must. My quibble is with the title of ...
The Right to Try: How the Federal Government Prevents Americans from Getting the Lifesaving Treatments They Need by Darcy Olsen (HarperCollins, 2015); 311 pages.
The highly acclaimed 2013 movie Dallas Buyers Club told the story of Ron ...
The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom by David Boaz (Simon & Schuster, 2015); 417 pages.
Since the beginning of the so-called Progressive Era, advocates of big government have been on the offensive. They promised Americans more ...
Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court by Damon Root (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 274 pages.
Every case that comes before the U.S. Supreme Court has its unique factual setting and contentious legal issues, but ...
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