Book Reviews

Globalism and sovereignty: a short history of the Bricker Amendment. 4:200-204 The southern tradition: implications for modern decentralism. 12:819-822 WORLD in the grip of an idea revisited (Carson) 5:253-259 y-z YATES, Steven Government licensing: the enemy of employment. 7:501-503 BOOK REVIEWS YOUNKINS, Edward W. Individual happiness and the minimal state. 10:691-692 Perspectives on capitalism and freedom. 12:794-796 ZARBIN, Earl Our most precious resource. 11:754 755 (Reviewer's name in parentheses) ADAMS, John. Risk (Semmens) 2:123 124 ADLER, Jonathan. Environmentalism at the crossroads; green activism in America (Cordato) 10:708-709 ANDERSON, Terry L. and Hill, Peter J., eds. Wildlife in the marketplace (Orient) 4:244-245 __ . The privatization process (Savas) 12:844-845 ARMEY, Dick. The freedom revolution (Peterson) 2:119 AVERY, Dennis T. Saving the planet with pesticides and plastic: the environmental triumph of high yield farming (Pasour) 1:60 BABBITT, Irving. Democracy and leadership (Attarian) 5:407 BAILEY, Ronald, ed. The true state of the planet (Carolan) 1:59-60 BANNING, Lance. The sacred fire of liberty:James Madison and the founding of the federal republic (Watkins) 4:246-247 BEARD, Sam. Restoring hope in America: the social security solution (Attar ian) 9:642-643 BELLOC, Hilaire. The servile state (Liggio) 5:407-408 BOVARD, James. Shakedown: how the government screws you from A to Z (Peterson) 4:242-243 BRANDEN, Nathaniel. Taking responsibility: self-reliance and the accountable life (Madden) 10:711-712 BROOKHISER, Richard Founding father: rediscovering George Washington (Carson) 9:643-644 BUCHHOLZ, Todd G. From here to economy: a shortcut to economic literacy (Keating) 2:125 CRANE, Edward (intro.) Speaking freely: the public interest in unfettered speech (Carolan) 6:468-469 DEANE, Marjorie and Pringle, Robert (co-authors) The Central Banks (French) 12:841 DUESBERG, Peter H., Command science and the war on aids; inventing the aids virus (DeRosa) 11:774-775 EBELING, Richard M. and Hornberger, Jacob G., eds. The failure of America's foreign wars (Hoppe) 11: 775-776 EGGERS, William and O'Leary, John.

Revolution at the roots: making our government smaller, better, and closer to home (Payne) 4:243-244 EHRENHALT, Alan. The lost city: discovering the forgotten virtues of community in the Chicago of the 1950s (Walters) 7:530-531 FISCHEL, Daniel R. Payback: the conspiracy to destroy Michael Milken and his financial revolution (Leef) 3:189-190 FREEMAN Classics. The lustre of gold (Paul) 1:57-58 FREI, Christoph and Nef, Robert, eds. Contending with Hayek: on liberalism, spontaneous order and the post-Communist society in transition (Attarian) 6:467-468 GALLAROTTI, Giulio M. The anatomy of an international monetary regime: the classical gold standard 1880-1914 (Keating) 9:645-646 GILDER, George. Wealth and poverty (Keating) 5:408 GINGRICH, Newt. To renew America (Riddle) 3:191 GROSS, Martin L. The tax racket: government extortion from A to Z (Keating) 1:61-62 HAGEN, Eric and Worman, James. An endless series of hobgojJlins: the science and politics of environmental health scares (Nelson) 7:533-535 HARTWELL, R. M. A history of the Mont Pelerin Society (Peterson) 7: 532-533 HAYEK, Friedrich A. "The use of knowledge in society" (Lee) 5:408 409 HAZLITT, Henry. The failure of the "new economics" (Peterson) 5:409 HENDERSON, Carter. Free enterprise moves east: doing business from Prague to Vladivostok (Sabrin) 12: 842-843 HERBERT, Auberon. The right and wrong of compulsion by the state and other essays (Payne) 5:409 HIGGS, Robert, ed. Hazardous to our health? FDA regulation of health care products (Bandow) 7:531-532 HILL, Peter J. (co-editor) See Anderson HORNBERGER, Jacob G. (co-editor) See Ebeling HUMMEL, Jeffrey Rogers.

Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men: a history of the American Civil War (Bandow) 12:845-846 INNES, Stephen. Creating the commonwealth: the economic culture of Puritan New England (Shannon) 11:769-770 JOHNSON, Chalmers. Japan: Who governs? the rise of the development state (Shannon) 2:121-122 JOHNSON, Lewis D. and Pazderka, Bohumir. It's no gamble: the economic and social benefits of stock markets (Batemarco) 9:648 JOHNSON, Paul. Modern times (Carolan) 5:410 KAUFFMAN, Bill. America first! its history, culture, and politics (Pavlik) 4:247-248 KENNEDY, James Ronald and Kennedy, Walter Donald. Why not freedom! America's revolt against big government (Riddle) 8:589-590 KENNEDY, Walter Donald (co-author) See Kennedy, James Ronald KINCAID, Cliff. Global bondage (Vance) 11:773-774 KIRK, Russell. The sword of imagination: memoirs of a half-century of literary conflict (Watkins) 3:186 KOONTZ, Dean. Dark rivers of the heart (Madden) 1:62-63 LAPIERRE, Wayne. Guns, crime and freedom (Greenwood) 2:122-123 LEE, Susan. Hands off: Why government is a menace to economic health (Keating) 12:842 LONGMAN, Phillip. The return of thrift: how the collapse of the middle class welfare state will reawaken values in America (Weinkopf) 11:769 LYNCH, Peter and Rothchild, John.

Learn to earn (Murray) 11:773 MACHAN, Tibor. Private rights and public illusions (Den Uyl) 2:126 MACHAN, Tibor and Rasmussen, Douglas, eds. Liberty for the 21st century, contemporary libertarian thought (Carolan) 10:708 MANN, Charles C. and Plummer, Mark L. Noah's choice: the future of endangered species (Bandow) 2:124 126 MAD, Vladimir. The political history of economic reform in Russia, 1985 1994 (Maltsev) 8:590-591 MEYER, Frank S. In defense offreedom and related essays (Dennis) 5:410 MILLER, Fred D., Jr. (co-author) See Paul, Ellen MILLMAN, Gregory J. The vandals' crown: how rebel currency traders overthrew the world's central banks (Keating) 4:241-242 MINTRON, Michael (co-author) See Teske MISES, Ludwig von. Human action (fourth edition) (Sennholz) 7:535 536; (Boettke) 5:411 MITCHELL, Daniel. The flat tax: freedom, fairness, jobs, and growth (Peterson) 9:644-645 MIXON, J. Wilson, Jr., ed. Private means, public ends: voluntarism vs.

coercion (Foldvary) 11:771-772 MYERS, E. J. Let's get rid of Social Security: how Americans can take charge of their own future (Attarian) 9:642-643 NEF, Robert (co-author). See Frei OLASKY, Marvin, ed. Loving your neighbor: a principled guide to personal charity (M. Brown) 1:58-59 OLDHAM, Robert K. Bioethics opportunities, risks and ethics: the privatization of cancer research (Singer) 2:119-121 O'LEARY, John (co-author) See Eggers PAUL, Ellen Frankel, Miller, Fred D., Jr., and Paul, Jeffrey. The just society (Nash) 10:709-710 PAUL, Jeffrey (co-author) See Paul, Ellen PAZDERKA, Bohumir (co-author) See Johnson, L. PENDLEY, William Perry. War on the west: government tyranny on America's great frontier (Shaw) 6: 465-466 PLUMMER, Mark L. (co-author) See Mann POLLOCK, Lansing, The free society (Batemarco) 8:591-592 RASMUSSEN, Douglas (co-author) See Machan REED, Lawrence W., ed. Private cures for public ills: the promise of privatization (Savas) 4:245-246 ROBERTS, Paul Craig and Stratton, Lawrence M. The new color line: how quotas and privilege destroy democracy (Peterson) 6:466-467 ROTH, Gabriel. Roads in a market economy (Semmens) 8:587-589 ROTHCHILD, John (co-author) See Lynch SCAMMELL, Michael. The Solzhenitsyn files (Batemarco) 3:187 INDEX 1996 855 SCIABARRA, Chris Matthew. Ayn Rand: the Russian radical (D.

Brown) 3:188-189 SERENY, Gita. Albert Speer: his battle with truth (Greaves) 3:183-184 SIMON, Julian L. The state of humanity (Block) 10:712 SKOUSEN, Mark. Austrian economics for investors (Batemarco) 12:843 844 --. Economics of a pure gold standard (Batemarco) 12:843-844 SLOAN, Herbert E. Principle & interest: Thomas Jefferson and the problem of debt (French) 10:710-711 SOWELL, Thomas. Knowledge and decisions (Shaw) 5:410 --. The vision of the anointed: self congratulation as a basis for social policy (DiLorenzo) 1:61 STRATTON, Lawrence M. (co-author) See Roberts TESKE, Paul, Best, Samuel, and Mintron, Michael. Deregulating freight transportation (Folsom) 8:587 THUROW, Lester C. The future of capitalism (Bellante) 9:647 WILLIAMS, Walter E. Do the right thing (Robbins) 6:464-465 WORMAN, James (co-author) See Hagen YANDLE, Bruce. Land rights: the 1990s property rights rebellion (Adler) 2:127 ~-------------------------------------, THENEWJOURNALONLIBERTY T he INDEPENDENT REVIEW is the new, quarterly, interdisciplinary journal devoted to the political economy of individual liberty. Transcending the all-toocommon politicization and superficiality in contemporary scholarship and policy debate, The INDEPENDENT REVIEW is superbly written, provocative, wide-ranging, and based on solid scholarship. Featuring new and path breaking studies by many of the world's finest scholars and policy experts, The INDEPEN DENT REVIEW boldly challenges the collec tivization and bureaucratization of our world.

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