Crank versus Crank Mises Review 3, No.4 (Winter 1997) WITHOUT A PRAYER John W. Robbins The Trinity Foundation, 1997, xvii + 399 pgs. John Robbins begins with an excellent idea, but unfortunately his book does not fulfill the promise of his initial project. Robbins is a disciple of the late Gordon Clark, a major Calvinist philosopher and
What Tower? What Babel? Mises Review 3, No. 4 ( Winter 1997) CULTIVATING HUMANITY Martha C. Nussbaum Harvard University Press, 1997, 338 pgs. Conservatives and leftists often characterize the struggle over the contemporary university in the same way, though of course accompanied by opposing value judgments. On the one side stands the traditional
Island of Sanity Mises Review 3, No. 4 (Winter 1997) LITERATURE LOST John M. Ellis Yale University Press, 1997, x + 262 pgs. Like Martha Nussbaum, whose Cultivating Humanity is addressed above, John M. Ellis is concerned with multiculturalism. His excellent book, taken together with her less than excellent one, enables readers to gain a firm grasp
Central Planning for Self-Esteem Mises Review 3, No. 4 (Winter 1997) ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW AND SOCIAL EQUALITY Andrew Koppelman Yale University Press, 1996, x + 276 pgs. Andrew Koppelman is clearly a writer of considerable intelligence, and exceptionally well-read in political philosophy, ethics, and law. But he puts his talent in the service
The U.S. as Savior Mises Review 3, No. 4 (Winter 1997) FREEDOM BETRAYED Michael A. Ledeen AEI Press, 1996, viii + 167 pgs. Freedom Betrayed is a spirited polemic in support of a contradictory thesis. We need less government, and so we must sponsor a worldwide Democratic Revolution (capitals courtesy of our author) that rests on a massive increase
Out With Hayek, In With Goldhagen Mises Review 3, No. 4 (Winter 1997) “HAYEK’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND HIS ECONOMICS” Jeffrey Friedman Critical Review (Winter 1997): 1–10 Jeffrey Friedman introduces a special issue of his journal devoted to F.A. Hayek with a peculiar claim. Before turning to it, though, I find it odd that, in the issue, only one
The Invisible Hoppe Mises Review 3, No. 4 (Winter 1997) “A FREE MARKET CASE AGAINST OPEN IMMIGRATION?” Donald Boudreaux “Notes From FEE” The Freeman (October 1997) Professor Donald Boudreaux, recently installed as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, is off to a bad start. He offers some thoughts on immigration which to my mind
Private Property’s Philosopher Mises Review 5, No. 1 (Spring 1999) THE ETHICS OF LIBERTY Murray N. Rothbard New York University Press, 1998 [1982], xlix + 308 pgs. Professor Hans Hoppe, in his outstanding new introduction to the reissue of The Ethics of Liberty , hits the nail on the head. He contrasts Murray Rothbard with Robert Nozick, a much
Power Mad Mises Review 5, No. 1 (Spring 1999 ) THE ROOSEVELT MYTH John T. Flynn Fox and Wilkes, [1948] 1998, xxiv + 437 pgs. Ralph Raico points out in his incisive introduction to this fiftieth anniversary edition of The Roosevelt Myth that many take sharp criticism of FDR to constitute sacrilege against the civic religion of the United States.
Ask a Silly Question Mises Review 5, No. 1 (Spring 1999) THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES Virginia Postrel The Free Press, 1998, xviii + 265 pgs. I am most grateful to Virginia Postrel. In this issue of The Mises Review , I have not had the opportunity to write a really negative review. Certainly I would have liked to; but the books did not permit it.
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