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Volume 23  Number 4  •  Spring 2019
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Articles
Exploring the Philanthropic Landscape: Introduction
By Lenore T. Ealy
From Hobbes to Hayek: Perspectives on Civil Society and Philanthropy
By Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill
Making the Voluntaryist Venn Work for Us, Not against Us
By Michael C. Munger
It (Still) Takes a Nation: Why Private Charity Will Never Replace the Welfare State
By Samuel P. Hammond
Of Credence and Collective Action: Religion’s Comparative Advantages in Social Charity
By Anthony J. Gill
Philanthropy in the Millennial Age: Trends toward Polycentric Personalized Philanthropy
By Elizabeth Crisp Crawford, Jeremy Jackson
From Red to Rainbow: The Transformation of the Left—Some Key Intellectual Sources
By William P. Baumgarth, Sr.
Money and Morality: A Matter of Misinterpretation
By Stan Husi

Reflections
Restructuring the House of Representatives: A Proposal for Constitutional Reform
By Randall G. Holcombe

Book Reviews
The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed by Jenna A. Robinson
The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations
By Lilach Gilady
Reviewed by Jessica Trisko Darden
Termites of the State: Why Complexity Leads to Inequality
By Vito Tanzi
Reviewed by Richard E. Wagner
Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk
Edited by James E. Person, Jr.
Reviewed by Luigi Bradizza
Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements
By Ted Galen Carpenter
Reviewed by Christopher J. Coyne
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
By Daniel Ellsberg
Reviewed by Christopher J. Coyne
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
By Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl
Reviewed by Nicholas Geiser
Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World
By Andrew Leigh
Reviewed by Colin Harris
Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need
By Randal O’Toole
Reviewed by Stephen Karlson
The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture
By Heather Mac Donald
Reviewed by Dwight R. Lee
First Freedom: A Ride through America’s Enduring History with the Gun
By David Harsanyi
Reviewed by Michael C. Munger
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
By Adrienne Mayor
Reviewed by Michael C. Munger
Global Economics: A Holistic Approach
By Clifford F. Thies
Reviewed by Jon Murphy
Carbon Capture
By Howard J. Herzog
Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples
Springtime for Snowflakes: Social Justice and Its Postmodern Parentage
By Michael Rectenwald
Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples



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