Mises Review, now online, is a quarterly review of the literature in economics, politics, philosophy, and law. Edited by David Gordon.
The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society, by Dinesh D’Souza
D'Souza's massive tome is structured by a simple message.
The Southern Front: History and Politics in the Cultural War, by Eugene Genovese
Eugene Genovese is a Marxist historian, but he is a Marxist of a most unusual kind. In this excellent collection of essays, he continually advocates conservative views, often expressed more trenchantly than is customary among rightists themselves
To Renew America, by Newt Gingrich
To Renew America conveys a vivid sense of its author's unusual personality. But the vital core of the book lies elsewhere.
Forgotten Lessons: Selected Essays of John T. Flynn, by Gregory Pavlik
John T. Flynn is best known today as a once-liberal columnist for the New Republic who became a bitter enemy of Franklin Roosevelt and a stalwart of the Old Right.
“Jaffa on Graglia,” by Harry Jaffa
Lino Graglia, a distinguished constitutional lawyer at the University of Texas, has had it up to here with Harry Jaffa.
The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution, by Michael Lind
Michael Lind's book contains one excellent idea, and several well worth discussion.
Austrian Philosophy: The Legacy of Franz Brentano, by Barry Smith
As any reader in the tradition will know, Austrian economics has deep links to philosophy.
“Economic Consequentialism and Beyond,” by Jeffery Friedman
The first part of Jeffrey Friedman's piece, an account of the stages in the intellectual evolution of Critical Review, led me to have hope for him and his journal.
Austrian Economics in America: The Migration of a Tradition, by Karen Vaughn
I closed Karen Vaughn's Austrian Economics in America with a sense of disappointment. In several ways, as it seems to me, it fundamentally misconceives its topic.
The Philosophy of the Austrian School, by Raimondo Cubeddu
Raimondo Cubeddu approaches Austrian economics from an interesting angle. He asks: what implications does it have for political theory?
Beautiful Losers, by Samuel Francis
The heart of Samuel Francis's brilliant criticism of contemporary American conservatism is found in his essay "The Other Side of Modernism", included in the present collection.
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy, by Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch loved debate; and in The Revolt of the Elites, a collection of his essays published posthumously, he indicts the American upper and professional classes for abandoning public argument.
Simple Rules for a Complex World, by Richard Epstein
Richard Epstein's excellent book is packed full of arguments which continually engage the reader, even if they do not always compel assent. He constructs a powerful case for a free-market social order, with a strictly limited state.
A Future For Socialism, by John Roemer
John Roemer is a brave man. Few American economists today are prepared to defend full-fledged socialism.
Creating A New Civilization: The Politics Of The Third Wave, by Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler
Newt Gingrich claims that "Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given us the key to viewing current disarray within the positive framwork of a dynamic, exciting future" .
Alien Nation: Common Sense About America’s Immigration Disaster, by Peter Brimelow
The customary approach to immigration by libertarians has been a simple one.
Kindly Inquisitors, by Jonathan Rauch
According to journalist Jonathan Rauch, malign forces, subsumed under the categories Fundamentalists and Humanitarians, threaten freedom of thought and speech.
The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics, by Peter Boettke
This entry in Edward Elgar's Companion Series purports to be a survey and guide to modern Austrian economics.
An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volumes I and II, by Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard tells us that this gigantic work was first envisioned as a "standard Adam Smith-to-the-present moderately sized book, a sort of contra-[Robert] Heilbroner" .
Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution, by Harry Jaffa
Peter Abelard confounded the readers of Sic et Non by placing side-by-side opinions of the Church Fathers that seemed contradictory, while offering no reconciliation.