Book Reviews

Book Review: Preferential Policies

by Richard M. Ebeling October 1, 1990

Preferential Policies: An International Perspective by Thomas Sowell (New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1990) 221 pp.; $17.95. America was founded upon the idea that it is the individual who possesses rights. This was counter to the political order that dominated in the rest of the world. Practically everywhere else, it was accident of birth that determined one's "privileges." ...

Book Review: The Awakening of the Soviet Union

by Richard M. Ebeling September 1, 1990

The eyes of the world have been riveted on events in Eastern Europe. With what seemed like spectacular speed, the Communists who had ruled these countries since shortly after the end of the Second World War were replaced in most cases by non-Communists. These new leaders have declared their intention of respecting the individual rights of their citizens, reinstituting ...

Book Review: Tell the World

by Richard M. Ebeling August 1, 1990

Tell the World: What Happened in China and Why by Liu Binyan (New York: Pantheon Books, 1989; 195 pp.; $18.95.) (Not available from FFF.) For 150 years, China has been a land of turmoil and tragedy. In the early 1840s, following the first opium war with Great Britain, the Manchu dynasty, which had ...

Book Review: South Africa’s War Against Capitalism

by Richard M. Ebeling July 1, 1990

Apartheid is ending in South Africa. The economic barriers and social restrictions that have stood in the way of greater black-African participation in South African society are being dismantled. The release of Nelson Mandela earlier this year symbolized this more than any other single event so far. But what does the future hold in store for South Africa? The African ...

Book Review: Free Persons and the Common Good

by Richard M. Ebeling March 1, 1990

Free Persons and the Common Good by Michael Novak (Lanham Maryland: Madison Books, 1989); 233 pp.; $17.95. One of the most profoundly enduring, yet frustratingly illusive concepts, has been that of the "common good." Under its banner, noble ideals have been proclaimed and despicable crimes have been committed. Its elasticity of meaning and ambiguity of content have been its most appealing ...

Book Review: Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice

by Richard M. Ebeling February 1, 1990

Discovery, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice by Israel M. Kirzner (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1989); 179 pages; $29.95. From the time of the ancient Greeks to that of Karl Marx the earning of a "profit" in an exchange has been condemned as unjust and exploitive of others in society. Even defenders of ...

Book Review: The New Realities

by Richard M. Ebeling January 1, 1990

The New Realities: In Government and Politics/In Economics and Business/In Society and World View by Peter F. Drucker (New York.- Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989); 276 pp.; $19.95. Crystal balls are an extremely scarce commodity. And many of those who claim to have one really are only projecting their own desires ...