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Articles

Old Kinderhook and Civic Integration in America

By Garion Frankel

Playing the Defense: The Beef Trust, Cronyism, and the 1891 and 1906 Meat Inspection Acts

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By Patrick Newman

No Sweat? Living Standards and Sweatshop Wages in Developing Countries

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By Towhid Mahmood, Benjamin Powell

Better Spent Elsewhere: Why Philosophy Should Be Funded Less

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By Jimmy Alfonso Licon

Abortion and Public Policy

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By Steven E. Landsburg

Abortion and Public Policy: A Defense of “Naive” Rawlsianism

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By Nicholas Colgrove

Tocqueville, Hayek, and American Intellectual Conservatism

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By Jason R. Jividen

James Gwartney: A Legacy of Economic Freedom, Education, and Mentorship

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By Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Joseph P. Calhoun

Moderation in the Pursuit of Justice Is a Virtue: Nicholas Rescher’s Quest for a Good Society

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By David Gordon

Reflections

The Economic Function of Inflation Is to Lower the Real Value of Wealth Assets Sufficiently to Pay for the Government’s Excess Spending Monetized by the Federal Reserve

By Vernon L. Smith

Research Diversity, Disruptive Science, and Scientific Consensus

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By Robert Gmeiner

Restoring Free Trade and Investment in a Global Trading System

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By William A. Owens, Barry W. Poulson

The Dark Sides of Transparency

By Jimmy Alfonso Licon

Book Reviews

The Call of the Tribe

By Mario Vargas Llosa

Reviewed by Edward J. López

We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care

By Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Reviewed by James Bailey

Living Together: Inventing Moral Science

By David Schmidtz

Reviewed by Christopher Tollefsen

Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics

By Eric MacGilvray

Reviewed by John J. Thrasher IV

The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made

By Cliff Sloan

Reviewed by James W. Ely, Jr.

Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience

By Nathan S. Chapman and Michael W. McConnell

Reviewed by Nick Reaves, Benjamin Sanford

Show and Biz: The Market Economy in TV Series and Popular Culture (2000–2020)

Edited by Maria Blanco and Alberto Mingardi

Reviewed by Michelle Albert Vachris

Not in My Backyard: How Citizen Activists Nationalized Local Politics in the Fight to Save Green Springs

By Brian Balogh

Reviewed by Christopher J. Calton

Libertarian Autobiographies: Moving Toward Freedom in Today’s World

Edited by Jo Ann Cavallo and Walter E. Block

Reviewed by Paul F. Cwik

The Uses of Delusion: Why It’s Not Always Rational to Be Rational

By Stuart Vyse

Reviewed by Brian Kogelmann

A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics

Edited by Steven Horwitz and Louis Rouanet

Reviewed by Adam G. Martin

Secret Government: The Pathologies of Publicity

By Brian Kogelmann

Reviewed by Michael C. Munger

Life After Capitalism: The Meaning of Wealth, the Future of the Economy, and the Time Theory of Money

By George Gilder

Reviewed by Richard M. Salsman

Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of the Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

By Robert E. Wright

Reviewed by Luke C. Sheahan

The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

By Oded Galor

Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It

By Richard V. Reeves

Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples

Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth

By Catherine Ruth Pakaluk

Reviewed by Anna Claire Flowers

Classic Book Review

These United States: Our Nation’s Geography, History and People

Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples

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