Reclaiming Our Cities

Reclaiming Our Cities

Market Urbanism: A Vision for Free-Market Cities By Scott Beyer. Market Urbanism Report, 2022. Paperback, 194 pages, $30  Reviewed by Matthew M. Robare. American cities are sometimes thought of as the domain of liberals and progressives. Most invariably elect...
Morality in Adam Smith

Morality in Adam Smith

Smithian Morals  By Daniel B. Klein.  CL Press, 2023. Paperback, 248 pages, $12. Reviewed by Gregory M. Collins. Like blades of grass shooting up in an already verdant countryside estate, the introduction of new scholarship on Adam Smith faces the daunting task of...
Choosing a Currency

Choosing a Currency

Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin? by Lawrence H. White. Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paperback, 185 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by David Weinberger. If the last couple years have taught us anything about inflation, it is that the value of our money can rapidly...
Helping Those Who Help Themselves

Helping Those Who Help Themselves

The Tragedy of American Compassion By Marvin Olasky. Regnery Gateway, 2022. Paperback, 300 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Frank Filocomo. What does it mean to be compassionate to the needy? More precisely: what does it mean to be compassionate, and who are the needy?...
More Than a Commercial Republic

More Than a Commercial Republic

The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World  By Samuel Gregg. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 336 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here.  Samuel...