One of my favorite libertarian economists is the director of the Koch-financed Mercatus Center, and Bloomberg columnist, Tyler Cowen. He's a truly inspired troll in the model of an Ayn Rand or a Milton Friedman, constantly asking important questions like "what if the things you think are good are actually bad?" and "what if the things you think are bad are actually … [Read more...] about Book Review: “Stubborn Attachments,” Growth, and Welfare
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Book review: Reihan Salam and the limits of American greatness
The local public library recently spit into my hands Reihan Salam's slender volume about US immigration policy, "Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders." The "son of immigrants" in question is Salam himself, who is so thoroughly integrated into American life he manages to hold down a gig writing for the fringe conservative website … [Read more...] about Book review: Reihan Salam and the limits of American greatness
“Suicide of the West” is not a very good book
Last week I got into a discussion on Twitter with a long-time conservative reader who was upset about something he called "tribalism." We went back and forth for a while but I couldn't figure out what he was talking about, and then I remembered that I had recently heard the National Review "The Editors" podcast endorse a book by an NRO staffer named Jonah Goldberg called … [Read more...] about “Suicide of the West” is not a very good book
Ben Sasse is running for President and wants you to buy his book
Ben Sasse, the junior Republican Senator from Nebraska, has begun his campaign for what we used to call the highest office in the land, and he has begun it with a lie. The lie is found in the opening paragraphs of his recently published book, "The Vanishing American Adult, Our Coming-of-Age Crisis — and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance," and for your benefit I will … [Read more...] about Ben Sasse is running for President and wants you to buy his book