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New and Notable
Escape from Heaven by J. Neil Schulman
An intriguing theological fantasy novel. God created a clone of himself as a backup in case of problems with Lucifer, and sure enough, there are problems. Schulman plows right through all the "sacred" territory, managing to challenge, offend, and amuse, often all at once. Who'da thunk Cleopatra reincarnated as Marilyn Monroe?
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James Madison and the Future of Limited Government edited by John Samples
A collection of essays first presented at a Cato Institute conference, this volume goes far beyond the usual scope of Madison as the founder of "American Constitutionalism." Informative, thought-provoking, and highly readable, this volume will be an asset to all interested in America's founding and founders.
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The Sorrows of Carmencita by Mauricio Rojas
An overview of Argentina's economic crisis, focusing on its economic ourney from riches to rags. Spanning Argentina's colonial history hrough its present-day woes, it's a thorough
historical examination of Argentina's unique situation and a cautionary tale for interventionists into the market.
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From the Way Back Machine: Father of the Founders
Ahhh, July ... the month of vacations, barbecues, and freedom's birthday in America. This year the flags are waving high in the post-911 patriotic fever, and more seem to be celebrating our freedom.
How depressing that many of the actions taken by our government in the name of freedom are actually destroying it. To help us out of the doldrums, the Way Back Machine focuses our attention on a Scotsman whose words in defense of freedom helped frame our framers' thinking.
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is well known for its metaphor of the "invisible hand" to describe market forces at work; his discussion of pin-making in the context of division of labor is almost as famous. Yet these bits don't do justice to the breadth of Smith's thinking, and his enormous contribution to the field of political economy. In his day, he was a forward-thinking individual who is arguably the father of economics.
Smith's discussion of capitalism and non-interventionism by the state were based on his extensive historical knowledge and observations of events of his day. Yet his ideas and arguments are still worth reading today. A moral view based on natural rights (presented in his Theory of Moral Sentiments) also was groundbreaking, and influenced the thinking of the men who became America's founders. In celebrating America's birthday this month, let's also celebrate a man whose thinking influenced the shaping of our society, and hope that a modern-day visionary like Adam Smith can help guide it back to its principles of limited government and freedom.
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June 2002: Net Assets by Carl Bussjaeger
May 2002: The Ballad of Carl Drega by Vin Suprynowicz
April 2002: Toward Liberty: The Idea that is Changing the World edited by David Boaz
March 2002: Liberty for Women edited by Wendy McElroy
February 2002: The State vs. the People by Aaron Zelman and Claire Wolfe
Freedom Book of the Year, 2001: Hope by Aaron Zelman and L. Neil Smith.
January 2002: Death by Gun Control by Aaron Zelman and Richard W. Stevens
December 2001: The American Zone by L. Neil Smith
November 2001: Ayn Rand and Business by Donna Greiner and Theodore Kinni
October 2001: Junk Science Judo by Steven J. Milloy
September 2001: Jonathan Gullible by Ken Schoolland
August 2001: Hope by L. Neil Smith and Aaron Zelman
July 2001: Dissenting Electorate edited by Wendy McElroy and Carl Watner
June 2001: Tethered Citizens by Sheldon Richman
May 2001: Lever Action by L. Neil Smith
April 2001: The Cato Handbook for Congressfrom the Cato Institute
March 2001: The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand by David Kelley
February 2001: Crypto by Steven Levy
January 2001: Total Freedom by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Freedom Book of the Year 2000: Forge of the Elders by L. Neil Smith
December 2000: The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto
November 2000: Escape from Leviathan by J.C. Lester
October 2000: The Art of Political War by David Horowitz
September 2000: An Enemy of the State by Justin Raimondo
August 2000: The Triumph of Liberty by Jim Powell
July 2000: A Generation Divided by Rebecca Klatch
June 2000: Law's Order by David Friedman
May 2000: Forge of the Elders by L. Neil Smith
April 2000: Reciprocia by Richard G. Rieben
March 2000: The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by Ayn Rand
February 2000: Addiction is a Choice by Jeffrey A. Schaler
January 2000: Revolutionary Language by David C. Calderwood
Special December 1999 Feature: The Freedom Book of the Year: Send in the Waco Killers: Essays on the Freedom Movement, 1993-1998 by Vin Suprynowicz
November 1999: Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
October 1999: A Way To Be Free by Robert LeFevre, edited by Wendy McElroy
September 1999: Assassins (Left Behind) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
August 1999: Don't Shoot the Bastards (Yet): 101 More Ways to Salvage Freedom by Claire Wolfe
July 1999: The Mitzvah by L. Neil Smith and Aaron Zelman
June 1999: The Incredible Bread Machine by R.W. Grant
May 1999: Send in the Waco Killers by Vin Suprynowicz
April 1999: It Still Begins with Ayn Rand by Jerome Tuccille
March 1999: The Dictionary of Free-Market Economics by Fred Foldvary
February 1999: Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand edited by Mimi Reisel Gladstein and Chris Matthew Sciabarra
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