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....
Bolshevism, Truth, and Ancient Greek Philosophy

Bolshevism, Truth, and Ancient Greek Philosophy

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four Redux By Pedro Blas González Beginning in the early twentieth century, Bolshevism’s incessant propaganda and disinformation campaigns have made it next to impossible, even for thoughtful persons, to separate appearance from reality...
A Cryptic Prophecy for the Information Age

A Cryptic Prophecy for the Information Age

Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder. Regnery, 2018. Paperback, 256 pages, $17. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat Although it seems like ages ago, there was a time when the internet was a fun and exciting place. Like...
The Internet Giveth and the Internet Taketh Away

The Internet Giveth and the Internet Taketh Away

100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet By Pamela Paul. Crown, 2021. Hardcover, 288 pages, $27. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat Few inventions in recent memory have been more disruptive and influential than the internet. Only a few decades ago, the great whole of humanity...
Restoring the Role of the Citizen

Restoring the Role of the Citizen

The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America By Victor Davis Hanson. Basic Books, 2021. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks Victor Davis Hanson’s The Dying Citizen makes a substantial...