En Español

The Power of Independent Thinking

Publications
›
The Independent Review
›
Winter 2005/06 Issue
Volume 10  Number 3  •  Winter 2005/06
Subscribe Buy This Issue Get the App
Browse Issues:
Previous Issue: Fall 2005 »
« Newer Issue: Spring 2006

In this issue...

Articles
Defining Disease: The Gold Standard of Disease versus the Fiat Standard of Diagnosis
By Thomas S. Szasz
The Monopoly Nonproblem: Taking Price Discrimination Seriously
By Stephen Shmanske
Adoption of State Lotteries in the United States, with a Closer Look at Illinois
By Jonathan J. Bean, Donald W. Gribbin
An Ancient Stateless Civilization: Bronze Age India and the State in History
By Thomas J. Thompson
Who Says Money Can’t Buy Happiness?
By Dwight R. Lee
Francis Wayland: Preacher-Economist
By Laurence M. Vance
Watchman, Who Watches Thee? Donors and Corruption in Less-Developed Countries
By Salim Rashid

Review Essays
Michael Walzer on Just War Theory’s “Critical Edge”: More Like a Spoon Than a Knife
By Laurie L. Calhoun
Privatization and Piratization in Post-Communist Russia
By Yuri N. Maltsev

Book Reviews
On Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations”: A Philosophical Companion
By Samuel Fleischacker
Reviewed by James R. Otteson
Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia, 1899–2000
By Marcelo Bucheli
Reviewed by Carlos Sabino
America the Virtuous: The Crisis of Democracy and the Quest for Empire
By Claes G. Ryn
Reviewed by Christopher Preble
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Reviewed by Edward A. Olsen
Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred
By John Lukacs
Reviewed by Jude Blanchette

Etceteras
Fear: The Foundation of Every Government’s Power
By Robert Higgs



More Issues
Spring 2025
Winter 2024/25
Spring 2020
Summer 2007
Subscribe Buy This Issue Get the App
Independent Review Issues
Articles by Issue




© 2025 INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE, 100 SWAN WAY, OAKLAND CA 94621‑1428 | (510) 632‑1366 | (510) 568‑6040 FAX | SEND EMAIL