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Provides an account of the political history that transformed the fundamental principle of American government form liberty to democracy. And why that shift from the protection of liberty to democratic collectivism has serious and negative economic and political consequences.

Tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A renaissance man, T.R.M. Howard was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow, and their critical role in the early Civil Rights Movement.

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Some of the most recognized voices in American writing and academia contribute to this provocative forum concerning the terrorist crisis and its causes. Moderated by Lewis H. Lapham, this timely debate features conversations with noted author and vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy Gore Vidal, historian Barton Bernstein of Stanford University, economist and historian Robert Higgs of the Independent Institute, and Thomas Gale Moore of the Hoove...

An indictment of antitrust policy, illustrating that the laws have not been employed against monopolies, but have been used to restrain and restrict the competitive process.

Previously published: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the right to bear arms, 1866-1876. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, c1998.

First edition 1956 (Oxford University Press)"--T.p. verso.

Taking a close look at the dense fabric that the US government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority - and corruption - of the American state. Covering topics from the Lyndon Johnson presidency to the provocatively titled article 'Military-Economic Fascism', it argues that the US government consistently exploits national crises and then invents timely rhetoric that limits the ri...

Debunking numerous myths that have emerged about the world's resources of oil, this argues that the use of US military power to secure oil is not only needless and costly but also counterproductive to US security. Intended to make government, the media, and citizens think more rationally about oil and the use of military power to secure it, this account suggests that the free market is still the best vehicle to deliver the product most efficie...

Taking a close look at the dense fabric that the US government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority - and corruption - of the American state. Covering topics from the Lyndon Johnson presidency to the provocatively titled article 'Military-Economic Fascism', it argues that the US government consistently exploits national crises and then invents timely rhetoric that limits the ri...

Debunking numerous myths that have emerged about the world's resources of oil, this book argues that the use of U.S. military power to secure oil is not only needless and costly--in both lives and money--but also counterproductive to U.S. security. Intended to make government, the media, and citizens think more rationally about oil and the use of military power to secure it, this account suggests that the free market is still the best vehicle ...

Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the current debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Analyzing famous examples of economic "lock-in" by dominant corporations of supposedly inferior products, this book makes the case that free markets in high technology industry deliver better products to consumers, at lower prices, without government intervention. This publication's careful scholarship, well-founded hypotheses, and ...

In this new policy report, so-called government "recoupment" lawsuits are carefully examined and found to be flagrant abuses of the constitutional separation of powers, seriously undermining over 200 hundred years of common-law torts adjudication.

Is the U.S. tort system in crisis? CBS television's "60 Minutes" has said the tort system metes out "jackpot justice, " and "Newsweek" has called America a "Lawsuit Hell." Other observers of the legal system, however, argue that the tort crisis is a myth. Although both sides of the debate rely primarily on anecdote and the selective use of evidence, a sound diagnosis of the tort system requires a rigorous analysis of hard data, not a retelling...

Feminism is traced from its earliest origins arguing that government has been the real obstacle preventing women from achieving freedom and equal rights.

As timely today as it was when first published, this is a valuable interpretation of the former Soviet economy and its collapse.

The relationship between the US federal government, states, and parents with regard to education is increasingly dysfunctional. Parental control over their children's education has gained impressive momentum in recent years at the state level. Meanwhile, states have been increasingly willing to relinquish sovereignty over education in exchange for more federal dollars. Failure brings clarity to these issues.