Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism  By Ned Ryun.  Encounter Books, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In American Leviathan, Ned Ryun offers a cogent overview of the origins,...
Looking at U.S. Trade Policy Through a Historical Lens

Looking at U.S. Trade Policy Through a Historical Lens

Clashing Over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy By Douglas A. Irwin. University of Chicago Press, 2017. Hardcover, 832 pages, $38. Reviewed by Frank Filocomo. The Trump years have thrust trade policy back into the national conversation for the first time since...
Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America By Kevin D. Roberts. Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt.  In March 1916, C.S. Lewis, the British Christian apologist, wrote in a letter to one of his closest friends,...