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...
More Than a Commercial Republic

The Moral and Cultural Basis of the Free Market

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 Paul D. Mueller. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here.  I am...
Remedies for our Economic Ailments

Remedies for our Economic Ailments

Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market by Matthew Hennessey. Encounter Books, 2022. Paperback, 248 pages, $28. Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It By Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, and Elizabeth Ames Encounter Books, 2022....
Town Politics

Town Politics

Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity By Charles L. Marohn Jr. Wiley, 2019. Hardcover, 256 pages, $25. Reviewed by Matthew Robare Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity is an amazing achievement by Charles L....