Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice
by Gordon Tullock, Arthur Seldon, and Gordon L. Brady (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2000); 184 pages; $15.
IN SPITE OF THE COLOSSAL DISASTER of socialism throughout the world ...
You may recall seeing the December 24, 1990, issue of Newsweek on the newsstands. The cover had a granite wall with raised lettering, spelling out the words, "Thought Police." If you read the ...
Economics on Trial: Lies, Myths, and Realities
by Mark Skousen (Homewood, Illinois: Business One Irwin, 1990) 314 pp.; $21.95 (h).
For 150 ...
In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith constructed some of the most devastating arguments against the then-prevailing system of economic policy — mercantilism. In practically every country in Europe, governments regulated, controlled and planned the economic activities ...
Unfinished Business: A Civil Rights Strategy for America's Third Century
by Clint Bolick (San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 1990) 159 PP; $19.95.
At a time in world history when the demand for human rights has become almost universal, little ...
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, most of the governments of Europe established a set of economic policies which became known as mercantilism. Kings, princes and parliaments implemented and vigorously enforced detailed and pervasive controls and regulations over ...
Capitalism
by Arthur Seldon (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1990) 419 pp; $29.95.
Arthur Seldon has been one of the most influential economists of the post-World War II era. He studied with Friedrich A. Hayek at the ...
A specter is haunting the economies of the world. It is the specter of protectionism. In one country after the other, cries are heard that international trade, rather than bringing mutual prosperity, imposes ...
Free Market Morality: The Political Economy of the Austrian School
by Alexander H. Shand ( New York: Routledge, 1990) 228 pp.; $16.95 (h).
The global collapse of socialism and central planning have left a large ...
One of Karl Marx's most effective and influential methods of argumentation was to use language and mental imagery which were descriptive of an earlier stage of human history and then apply them to the emerging market-oriented society in which ...
