Reminder

Given the recent turmoil in Pakistan, we thought we would remind you of a two-part review of a study of that troubled nation that appeared in issues 45:1 and 45:2 of the Bookman, written by David Campion, a professor of history at Lewis & Clark College.

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Beyond

Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: A New Statement of an Old Idea, Tobias Lanz, ed. (IHS Press, 2007, 234 pp.), $19.95. Catholic thinkers have been at the forefront of rethinking modern economics from the perspective of the human person. Beginning with Leo XIII’s...

Books in Little

Separating Fools from their Money: A History of American Financial Scandals, by Scott B. MacDonald and Jane E. Hughes (Transaction Publishers, 264 pp., 2007). In the early 2000s a series of corporate and financial scandals rocked the business world. For months...

A Tribute to Jacques Barzun on His Centennial

The shank end of 2007 has brought Jacques Barzun, the distinguished historian and cultural critic, to his one-hundredth birthday. This would be a notable event in any life. But for all of us who cherish the quiet witness of civilized men living decent, profitable, and...