Economic ideologies Books & Reviews

Dreaming Europe in a Wide-Awake World

When it comes to Europe's gilded future, success is always just around the corner. Europeanists need to wake up--or risk being left behind by an unlikely coalition.

A Man of Faith

Eric Hobsbawm's autobiography is a most revealing book--wittingly and otherwise. He turns out to have been a most catholic fellow.

The Beginning of Economic Wisdom

Two primers on economics reveal a lingering philosophical divide in the intellectual imagination of our time.

Capital Ideas

A look at the poverty of some contending economic fundamentalisms.

Contact: The Politics of Migration

Impressive historical scholarship on migration cannot save Professor Hoerder from the miasma of current academic fashions.

Wasserstein's Jerusalem

Discounting the Jewish claim to Jerusalem in the name of evenhandedness is no way to achieve a just settlement.

Money and Power: Pondering Economic Growth and Decline

A trio of books proposes intriguing reasons for economic growth--national pride, surplus labor and investment security--but none parses the novelty of the virtual state.

Summer Reading Guide

Summer reading suggestions from: Irving Kristol, Owen Harries, James Schlesinger, Samuel Huntington, Robert Tucker, Midge Decter, Michael Mandelbaum and others.

Good Intentions

Yes, the road to hell is often paved with good intentions.

The Stiletto Idealist

An exaggerated indictment of Israel's home-grown critics.

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May 26, 2012