The 20th century opened with great hopes for the future. For almost a hundred years, a major war had not disturbed the peace of Europe. And when military conflicts had broken out among the European nations, they had been ...
Economic Freedom and Interventionism: An Anthology of Articles and Essays by Ludwig von Mises
(Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: The Foundation for Economic Education, 1990); 250 pages; $29.95-cloth; $14.95-paper.
Ludwig von Mises is quite possibly the greatest economist of the 20th century. He ...
February 1991 saw the release of the latest annual Economic Report of The President. Prepared by the President's Council of Economic Advisors, the report is meant to provide a detailed summary of where the American economy has been during ...
Russia's Last Capitalists: The Nepmen, 1921-1929
by Alan M. Ball (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990); 226 pages; $11.95.
In 1921, Russia was in a state of economic and social collapse. The country had undergone three years of the First world ...
In the days immediately following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the Bush Administration declared that a vital interest of the United States was at stake. American economic wellfbeing was threatened by Iraqi control of the Kuwaiti ...
The Hidden Nations: The People Challenge the Soviet Union
by Nadia Diuk and Adrian Karatnycky (New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc. 1990); 284 pages; $22.95.
Many of the "captive nations" of central and eastern ...
Not long after the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote of "the natural right which 0 men have of relinquishing the country in which birth or other accident may have thrown them, and seeking subsistence ...
Soviet Civilization: A Cultural History
by Andrei Sinyavsky (New York: Arcade Publishing, 1990); 291 pages; $24.95.
At the height of the great purges in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, Stalin personally sent instructions to the Soviet secret police which stated ...
During hard times there are few phrases as frequently heard as, "Something must be done!" And what is usually meant by the phrase is that governmental action is needed to cure the economic ...
This Hemisphere of Liberty: A Philosophy of the Americas
by Michael Novak (Washington, D.C.: The American Enterprise Institute Press, 1990) 152 pages; $18.95.
Michael Novak is one of the most eloquent Christian advocates of capitalism ...
