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$18.00 $25.00 Dear Friend, HC | Item 1081 I am delighted to present the newest Publications Catalog of The Indepen- dent Institute, featuring our award-winning books, quarterly journal, and audio/video programs. Authored by outstanding scholars in economics, law, history, political science, and other fields, these publications set new standards of excellence in examining the major public issues facing us today. To order, please call us Toll-Free at 800-927- 8733 or visit our website at www.independent.org. Politics | Current Events | History | U.S. Presidents | 2008 | 496 pages We look forward to serving you. 45 figures | 2 tables | index | 6 x 9 | HC 978-1-59813-022-5 Sincerely, Recarving Rushmore Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty David J. Theroux, Founder and President 2010 Gold Medal, “IPPY” Award Winner i n d e x o f m a j o r titles Against Leviathan—Robert Higgs...... Back cover By Ivan Eland Anarchy and the Law—Edward P. Stringham...... 13 Who were the best and worst U.S. presidents? In the Antitrust and Monopoly—Dominick T. Armentano...... 12 Beyond Politics—Mitchell and Simmons...... 15 past when historians and scholars have rated the Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools?—Richard K. Vedder...... 15 presidents, their evaluations often have been based The Challenge of Liberty—Robert Higgs...... 11 on individual charisma, activism, and service during The Civilian and the Military—Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr...... 2 Crisis and Leviathan—Robert Higgs...... 10 periods of crisis. The Decline of American Liberalism—Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr...... 2 Taking a distinctly new approach, Ivan Eland Depression, War, and Cold War—Robert Higgs...... 10 The Diversity Myth...... 14 profiles each of our presidents on the merits of his Drug War Crimes—Jeffrey A. Miron...... 17 policies and the core principles of peace, prosper- The Empire Has No Clothes—Ivan Eland...... 5 ity, and liberty. This ranking system is based on how Entrepreneurial Economics—Alexander Tabarrok...... 12 Faulty Towers—Meiners and Amacher...... 14 effective each president was in fulfilling his oath to Fire and Smoke—Michael I. Krauss...... 17 uphold the Constitution. Contrary to the preferences The Founders’ Second Amendment—Stephen P. Halbrook...... 4 Freedom, Feminism and the State—Wendy McElroy...... 18 of modern conservatives and liberals, this oath was Good Money—George Selgin...... 7 intended to limit the role of the federal government. Hot Talk, Cold Science—S. Fred Singer...... 9 Historians and scholars have long tended to Housing America—Holcombe and Powell...... 3 The Independent Review—edited by Robert Higgs...... 20 respect the war heroes and men who have suc- Judge and Jury—Helland and Tabarrok...... 16 ceeded in expanding executive power. However, Lessons from the Poor—Alvaro Vargas Llosa...... 6 Eland’s analysis offers a ranking that is based purely Liberty for Women—Wendy McElroy...... 18 Making Poor Nations Rich—Benjamin Powell...... 6 on accomplishment and adherence to the Founding Neither Liberty nor Safety—Robert Higgs...... 10 Fathers’ guidelines for limited government. These The New Holy Wars—Robert H. Nelson...... 1 Opposing the Crusader State—Robert Higgs...... 11 rankings will surprise most and enlighten even Partitioning for Peace—Ivan Eland...... 5 acknowledged experts on the presidency. Plowshares and Pork Barrels—Pasour and Rucker...... 8 A Poverty of Reason—Wilfred Beckerman...... 9 “Judging presidents by their impact on peace, pros- Property Rights...... 3 perity, and liberty leads Ivan Eland to reach radical The Pursuit of Justice...... 3 conclusions about the rankings of presidents. Race and Liberty—Jonathan Bean...... 1 ” —R i c h a r d Sh e n k m a n , Editor, History News Network; Recarving Rushmore—Ivan Eland...... This page Reclaiming the American Revolution—William J. Watkins, Jr...... 13 author, Presidential Ambition and Legends, Lies, Re-Thinking Green—Higgs and Close...... 8 and Cherished Myths of American History Securing Civil Rights—Stephen P. Halbrook...... 4 Strange Brew—Douglas Glen Whitman...... 16 Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Street Smart—Gabriel Roth...... 7 Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent That Every Man Be Armed—Stephen P. Halbrook...... 4 The Voluntary City—Beito, Gordon, and Tabarrok...... 17 Institute.

www.independent.org NEW BOOKS | 1 Race and Liberty in America $42.50 The Essential Reader $50.00 HC | Item 1131 Edited by Jonathan Bean The history of civil rights in the United States is $21.20 $24.95 usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses PB | Item 1093 of modern conservatism or progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America, Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either of these categories and that knowledge of the American classical liberal tradition is required to gain a more accurate understanding of the past, present, and future of civil rights in the nation. By assembling and contextualizing classic documents, from the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school assignment by

African American Studies | History | Political race, Bean demonstrates that classical liberalism differs from pro- Science | University Press of Kentucky | 2009 gressive liberalism in emphasizing individual freedom, Christianity, 352 pages | 17 figures | tables | index | 6 x 9 HC 978-0-81312-545-9 | PB 978-0-8131-9231-4 the racial neutrality of the Constitution, and free-market entrepreneurship. Race and Liberty in America is a comprehensive and vital resource for everyone on civil rights and civil liberties. “ Get ready for an intellectual thrill ride. Race and Liberty in America is full of revelations and stunning in its honesty.” — Ju a n Wi l l i a m s , Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio Jonathan Bean is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. The New Holy Wars $35.95 Economic Religion vs. Environmental $39.95 Religion in Contemporary America HC | Item 1095 By Robert H. Nelson $19.95 2010 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Book Award Winner $24.95 2010 Silver Medal, “IPPY” Award Winner PB | Item 1093 “Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions.” So says author Robert H. Nelson in this analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Questions about the proper relationship between human beings and nature have led to the growth of these public theologies, or secular religions, even while both avoid mentioning their derivation from Western Judeo-Christian sources. So while environmentalists regard human actions to warm Religion | Economics | Environment Pennsylvania State University Press the climate, expand human populations, and increase economic 2010 | 416 pages | index growth as immoral challenges to the natural order, economists seek 6.125 x 9.25 | HC 978-0-27103-581-9 to put all of nature to maximum use for the production of more goods and services and other human benefits. Nelson interprets such contemporary struggles as battles between the hidden, competing secularized but religious nature of economics and environmentalism. The outcome will have momentous consequences for us all. This in-depth analysis probes beneath the rhetorical surface of these two movements to uncover their fundamental theological commitments and visions. “It’s a brilliant book, which anyone who cares about the economy or the environment or religion needs to read. That’s most of us.” —D e i r d r e McCl o s k e y , Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago

Robert H. Nelson is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Senior Scholar for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. order toll-free: 800-927-8733 2 | NEW BOOKS The Civilian and the Military $19.50 A History of the American $22.95 Anti-Militarist Tradition PB | Item 1132 By Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. With a new foreword by Ralph Raico This is an account of the rise and decline of the antimilitarist tradition that has been an important part of the American heritage from its beginnings in colonial times. This tradition, with its emphasis upon civil rather than military authority, is accepted as an essential element of American freedom and democracy. By elaborating on the role of the civilian and the military in American history up until the 1950s, the author helps us understand why the growing power and importance of the armed forces over many aspects of national and international policy is alarming for thoughtful citizens and policy makers today, which then points us to principles and dynamics that History | Military| Politics 2010 | 368 pages are relevant in the 21st Century. index | 6 x 9 | PB 978-1-59813-035-5 “This is a well-written history of the anti-military tradition in the United States. . . . [Ekirch] has done enough digging to make his work valuable for general scholarly reference. His book is a significant addition to the growing literature on American military affairs.” —Th e Am e r i c a n Political Sc i e n c e Review “[Ekirch’s] book is an excellent, thorough chronological account of American opinion. . . . regarding the place of military organization and military ideas. He describes a constant struggle to avoid militarism . . . from colonial times to the present. . . . [A]s a case study of changing public images and the propaganda efforts involved, [this] is a valuable contribution on a topic of much current interest.” —Th e Pu b l i c Opinion Qu a r t e r ly The Decline of American Liberalism $19.50 $22.95 By Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. PB | Item 1084 With a new foreword by Robert Higgs In this acclaimed classic book Arthur Ekirch examines more than two centuries of the American liberal tradition. From the Federalists to Jefferson; from Jacksonian Democracy to the Civil War; from Recon- struction to the Progressive movement to World War II planning; Ekirch covers it all with a keen eye to evaluating the true state of liberty in the U.S. Ekirch argues that liberalism in America was at its strongest during the Revolutionary War and has experienced a long yet bumpy decline ever since. The author makes a compelling case that the country’s future depends upon the popular re-establishment of a worldview based on liberty, peace, and the rule of law. “ An intelligent and important book . . . a serious historical interpretation Politics | History which is at the same time highly readable.” 2009 | 440 pages | index —Th e New Yo r k Ti m e s 6 x 9 | PB 978-1-59813-027-0 “ Brilliant, penetrating, and often illuminating study of American political history.” —Th e New Re p u b l i c “Ekirch’s chapters on the growth of the garrison state and the cult of national loyalty are a devastating com- mentary which has the virtue of relating these developments to long term trends in this society.” —Th e Na t i o n

Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. was a leading scholar of American intellectual history and Professor Emeritus of History at the State University of New York, Albany. He was the author of numerous books, including The American Democratic Tradition and Man and Nature in America.

www.independent.org NEW BOOKS | 3 Housing America $50.95 $59.95 Building Out of a Crisis HC | Item 1094 Edited by Randall G. Holcombe and Benjamin Powell $25.45 Although most housing in the U.S. is allocated in the $29.95 private market, this market is heavily regulated and PB | Item 2176 subsidized. Involving the work of sixteen economists and policy experts, Housing America critically examines government policies in the United States and how they impact housing at all levels. This book is the most comprehensive book available on resolving the housing crisis. “ This book reflects the appropriate view that the need is for less, not more, government intervention in housing markets.” —E d w i n S. Mills, Emeritus Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Northwestern University Current Events | Business | Economics | 2009 Randall G. Holcombe is Professor of Economics at Florida State Univ.; 408 pages | 27 figures | 10 tables | index | 6 x 9 HC 978-1-4128-1020-3 | PB 978-1-4128-1046-3 Benjamin Powell is Assistant Professor of Economics at Suffolk Univ.

Property Rights $25.50 Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings $30.00 Re-Examined PB | Item 2181 Edited by Bruce L. Benson A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has caused a revival of political, legal, and academic interest in the issues of eminent domain and takings. Property Rights explores the uses and abuses of proposed constraints on the use of eminent domain, the compensation issues in theory and prac- tice, eminent domain from a public choice perspective, and the spillover costs of takings. “ Professional and lay readers alike can profit from the different perspectives contained in this comprehensive and thoughtful book edited by the energetic Bruce Benson.” —R i c h a r d A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service

The Pursuit of Justice $25.50 Law and Economics of Legal Institutions $30.00 Edited by Edward J. López PB | Item 2179 Foreword by Robert D. Tollison This is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of the legal system and how judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts, and others respond systematically to the incentive structures of legal institutions. While shedding light on adverse outcomes that the law promotes through perverse incentives, each chapter also suggests institutional reforms within the legal system. The Pursuit of Justice studies incentives so as to promote a more just and more efficient legal system. “ The American legal system has many flaws, and this most insightful book will contribute both to understanding the source of these flaws and then to fixing them.” Economics | Law Palgrave/Macmillan | June 2010 | 304 pages —P a u l H. Ru b i n , Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics and 1 figure | 25 tables | index | 6 x 9 Law, Emory University PB 978-0-23010-245-3 Edward J. López is Associate Professor of Law and Economics, San Jose State University.

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Law | History | Government | Constitution History, University of Alabama Ivan R. Dee, Publisher | 2008 | 448 pages | 6 x 9 HC 978-1-56663-792-3 That Every Man Be Armed $16.95 $19.95 The Evolution of a Constitutional Right PB | Item 1160 By Stephen P. Halbrook $44.95 That Every Man Be Armed is the authoritative $49.95 book on the ideas, history, and legal precedent that Audio tapes the citizen’s right to possess arms is as essential to Item 1167 democracy as is freedom of speech. Halbrook traces the origins of the Second Amendment back to ancient Greece and Rome, and then through the “freemen” movement in 18th century England and France. He demonstrates that the Second Amendment was intended to allow possession of firearms both for defense of personal life and property and to prevent government infringement of human liberties. Halbrook provides indefatigable research into the Second Amendment, Law | History | Philosophy | 1994 | 296 pages “ index | 6 x 9 | PB 978-0-945999-38-6 and all serious scholars will eternally be in his debt.” Audio tapes (10.5 hours) | 978-0-7861-0082-8 —S a n f o r d V. Le v i n s o n , Professor of Law, University of Texas

Stephen P. Halbrook, a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, has won three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.independent.org IVAN ELAND | 5 The Empire Has No Clothes $13.50 $17.95 U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed (Updated Edition) PB | Item 1072 By Ivan Eland Most Americans don’t think of their government as an empire, but with more than 700 military bases worldwide, the U.S. holds sway over an area that dwarfs the great empires of world history. Ivan Eland shows that the concept of empire building is contrary to the principles of the founding fathers and delivers a penetrating argu- ment which exposes the imperial motives behind interventionist U.S. policy. “ Dr. Eland makes a persuasive case that current U.S. national security policy is actually undermining our security and civil liberties.” —La wr e n c e J. Ko r b , former Assistant Secretary of Defense Current Affairs | Politics | International Relations Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and 2008 | 272 pages | index | 6 x 9 PB 978-1-59813-021-8 Liberty at the Independent Institute.

Partitioning for Peace $11.95 An Exit Strategy for Iraq $15.95 PB | Item 1090 By Ivan Eland Civil strife and instability in Iraq may increase. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it still be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again? Ivan Eland offers a political analysis and a practical exit strategy for American forces in Iraq. The history of violence in multi-ethno-sectarian states indicates that such conflicts usually resurface once an occupying force leaves. Eland explains why partitioning, a solution that has been effective in other similar conflicts, can be a uniquely successful political and military exit strategy for a country like Iraq. “ President Obama and his foreign policy experts, as well as anyone Current Affairs | Politics | International Relations interested in an exit strategy from Iraq should read this thoughtful 2009 | 144 pages | index analysis. 6 x 9 | PB 978-1-59813-025-6 ” —T h o m a s Ga l e Mo o r e , Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University of related interest Twilight War: The Folly of Arms, Politics, and the U.S. Space Dominance Economy: Historical and By Mike Moore Contemporary Perspectives First Place Benjamin Franklin Award, Edited by Robert Higgs Silver Medal, “IPPY” Award Winner Foreword by William A. Niskanen

$18.70 $38.20 $16.95 $24.95 $44.95 $19.95 HC | Item 1073 HC | Item 6074 PB | Item 6060 Current Events | United States | Military Policy Current Events | United States | Military Policy |1990 2008 | 416 pages | index | 6 x 9 | HC 978-1-59813-018-8 328 pages | 4 figures | 16 tables | index | 6.125 x 9.25 HC 978-0-94599-965-2| PB 978-0-945999-66-9 “ Sixty years ago I wrote ‘We will take no frontiers into space.’ Twilight War presents riveting and dis- “ As the international system changes, understanding turbing evidence that some nations are attempting the domestic political economy of military spending is just that—making the heavens unsafe for us all.” more important than ever.” —S ir Ar t h u r C. Cl a r k e , author, 2001: A Space —B r u c e M. Russett, Professor of Political Science, Odyssey Yale University

order toll-free: 800-927-8733 6 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP Lessons from the Poor $12.70 $16.95 Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit PB | Item 1098 Edited by Alvaro Vargas Llosa Foreword by James D. Gwartney Why do so many underdeveloped countries remain unable to grow their economies beyond mere survival? Alvaro Vargas Llosa and a select group of economists examine this issue in a series of case studies that combine rigorous economic and political analysis with narrative highlights. These real world examples of entrepreneurship argue that instead of redistributing existing wealth, developing countries can start working to create it. This book provides insights into entrepreneurship and the role that government regulations play in impeding development.

Making Poor Nations Rich $25.45 Entrepreneurship and the Process of $29.95 Economic Development PB | Item 2175 Edited by Benjamin Powell / Foreword by Deepak Lal Making Poor Nations Rich examines the critical role entrepreneurs, private property rights, and economic freedom play in economic development. The authors demonstrate that pro-market reforms are essential to promoting entrepreneurship that leads to economic growth, and that where this institutional environment is lacking, sustained economic development will remain elusive. “ This book will be welcomed by both academics and practitioners who are grappling with the mysteries of economic development.” —S t e v e H. Ha n k e , Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University Political Theory | History | Philosophy | Economics Stanford University Press | 2007 | 480 pages 24 figures | 35 tables | index | 6 x 9 Benjamin Powell is Assistant Professor of Economics at Suffolk Univ. PB 978-0-8047-5732-4 of related interest

Liberty for Latin America: Vietnam Rising: Culture and How to Undo 500 Years of Change in Asia’s Tiger Cub Oppression By William Ratliff By Alvaro Vargas Llosa $11.95 $18.75 $15.95 $25.00 PB | Item 1091 HC | Item 1085

Politics | History | Economics | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2005 Current Affairs | International Relations | Economics | 2008 284 pages | figures | tables | index | 6 x 9 | HC 978-0-374-18574-9 144 pages | index | 6 x 9 | PB 978-1-59813-026-3 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award Winner “ Vietnam Rising is an informed, wide-ranging, eye- “ Why does everything in Latin America usually fail? opening survey of economic policies and practices in Vargas Llosa has a daring, but coherent, explanation. Vietnam since 1986. Ratliff writes clearly and engag- Neither the cultural features of Latin America nor its ingly and provides rich empirical detail and documen- prevailing institutions lead to stability and a grow- tation to support his arguments.” — Ro b e r t A. Pa c k e n h a m , Professor of Political ing prosperity.” —M i a m i He r a l d Science Emeritus, Stanford University

www.independent.org ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY | 7 Good Money $30.00 Birmingham Button Makers, $40.00 HC | Item 1074 the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775–1821 By George Selgin / Foreword by Charles A. E. Goodhart Bronze Medal “IPPY” Award Winner

George Selgin tells the story of the important yet almost unknown episode in the history of money—British manufacturers’ challenge to the Crown’s monopoly on coinage. Good Money examines the crucial role of private coinage in fueling Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution and challenges beliefs upon which modern government currency monopolies rest. “ Good Money is a splendid piece of historical analysis.” Coinage | Great Britain | History —M i lto n Fr i e d m a n , Nobel Laureate in Economic Science University of Michigan Press| 2008 | 368 pages 74 figures | 5 tables | index | 6.125 x 9.25 George Selgin is Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia. HC 978-0-472-11631-7

Street Smart $50.95 Competition, Entrepreneurship, $59.95 and the Future of Roads HC | Item 1111 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award Winner $25.45 Edited by Gabriel Roth $29.95 Foreword by Mary E. Peters PB | Item 1057 In cities and rural areas worldwide, road systems suffer from traffic congestion, unsafe conditions, high costs, political corruption, and poor maintenance. Street Smart examines private, market-based alternatives for road services, and explores at least four such possible directions for private services. “ Every public official—whatever their views—needs to readStreet Smart to understand the depth of what is becoming a revolution.” —R o g e r To l e m a n , Deputy Secretary, New Zealand Ministry of Transport Current Affairs | Politics | Economics Transaction Publishers | 2006 | 584 pages 72 figures | 45 tables | index | 6 x 9 | Gabriel Roth has been a transportation economist for the World HC 978-0-7658-0304-7 | PB 978-1-4128-0518-6 Bank and is Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.

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Taxing Choice: The Out of Work: Unemployment Predatory Politics of and Government in Fiscal Discrimination Twentieth-Century America Edited by William F. Shughart, II By Richard K. Vedder and Lowell E. Foreword by Paul W. McCracken Galloway / Foreword by Martin Bronfenbrenner $30.00 $25.45 $49.95 $29.95 $14.95 | $24.00 HC | Item 6029 PB | Item 6025 PB | Item 8014

order toll-free: 800-927-8733 8 | ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY Plowshares and Pork Barrels $17.20 $22.95 The Political Economy of Agriculture PB | Item 1273 By E. C. Pasour, Jr. and Randall R. Rucker Foreword by Bruce L. Gardner Economists are nearly unanimous in their denunciation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; however, few books have critically analyzed government farm programs in their entirety. Plowshares and Pork Barrels fully examines the history of U.S. farm policy and how the political process that determines it benefits the few at the expense of the many. “ This superb book is the single best guide available to the historical path and complexities of U.S. agricultural policies.” —L ee J. Al s t o n , Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Environment | Economics | Government E. C. Pasour, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource 2005 | 408 pages | 42 figures | 20 tables | index 6 x 9 | PB 978-0-945999-03-4 Economics at North Carolina State University. Randall R. Rucker is Professor of Agricultural Economics at Montana State University.

Re-Thinking Green $19.50 Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy $22.95 PB | Item 1289 Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close Re-Thinking Green exposes the myths that have contributed to failed environmental policies and proposes bold alternatives that recognize the power of incentives and the limitations of political and regulatory processes. This book will challenge readers with new para- digms for resolving environmental problems and inspire policymakers to seek effective alternatives to environmental bureaucracy. “ Re-Thinking Green traces a critical assessment of the entirety of farm policy issues and will be valuable to academics and students, journalists, and the general public alike.” —B r u c e L. Ga r d n e r , former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

Environment | Economics | Law Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and editor 2005 | 480 pages | 1 figure | 4 tables | index of The Independent Review. Carl P. Close is Research Fellow at the 6 x 9 | PB 978-0-945999-97-3 Independent Institute. of related interest Taxing Energy: Electric Choices: Oil Severance Taxation and Deregulation and the Future the Economy of Electric Power By Robert Deacon, Stephen DeCanio, Edited by Andrew N. Kleit H.E. Frech, III, and M. Bruce Johnson Foreword by Pat Wood, III $30.00 $29.70 $49.95 $34.95 HC | Item 6057 PB | Item 1064

www.independent.org ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY | 9 A Poverty of Reason $15.00 Sustainable Development $18.95 PB | Item 8093 and Economic Growth By Wilfred Beckerman Oxford economist Wilfred Beckerman puts “sustainable” development to the test, questioning its core claims. Will economic growth burn itself out by depleting our natural resources? Will human activity throw a delicate planet out of balance? Will global warming bring widespread devastation? Are we running out of energy? Although billions of people today suffer appalling environmental conditions, Beckerman finds these problems are mostly caused by poverty, not “un-sustainable” development. “ Beckerman’s doubts about some popular environmental proposals have Environment | Current Affairs | Economics special credibility. Highly recommended.” 2003 | 112 pages | index | 6 x 9 — Ca ss R. Su n s t e i n , Professor of Law, University of Chicago PB 978-0-945999-85-0 Wilfred Beckerman is Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College at Oxford University.

Hot Talk, Cold Science $13.55 Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate $15.95 PB | Item 6082 By S. Fred Singer / Foreword by Frederick Seitz Renowned astrophysicist Fred Singer brings readers his intimate fa- miliarity with the scientific literature to shed light on discussions of the climate record; computer models; the effects of clouds, oceans, aerosol cooling, solar variability and greenhouse gases; climate- change mitigation; and more. Singer’s masterful analysis decisively shows that the pessimistic, and often alarming, global warming scenarios depicted in the media have no scientific basis. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to be fully informed about the global warming debate. “ Hot Talk, Cold Science carefully reviews global warming and provides a welcome, reasoned assessment. Science | Environment | Economics ” 1999 | 120 pages | 24 figures | 15 sidebars —William Happer, Professor of Physics, Princeton University appendix | index | 6 x 9 PB 978-0-945999-81-2 S. Fred Singer is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science at the University of Virginia. of related interest Cutting Green Tape: Toxic States of Fear: Science Pollutants, Environmental or Politics? (DVD) Regulation and the Law Featuring Michael Crichton with a Panel of Distinguished Scientists Edited by Roger E. Meiners and Richard Stroup / Foreword by $16.95 W. Kip Viscusi $19.95 DVD $30.00 $20.25 DVD | Item 1142 $39.95 $26.95 HC | Item 5083 PB | Item 7025 Science | Media | Politics Environment | Law | Politics | 2000 | 352 pages | 15 figures | index | 6x9 2006 | 117 minutes | DVD 978-1-58913-007-2 HC 978-0-56000-429-5 | PB 978-0-76580-618-5 Best-selling author Michael Crichton and a panel of “ The authors have all mastered the fundamental les- scientists examine the intersection of media, politics, son about environmental policy and they vigorously and science—inspiring viewers to challenge old attack the excesses of current government policies.” assumptions and to search beneath the surface of —R i c h a r d A. Epstein, Professor of Law, University issues as they seek to discover the truth. of Chicago order toll-free: 800-927-8733 10 |

Depression, War, and Cold War $48.00 $60.00 Challenging the Myths of Conflict HC | Item 1165 and Prosperity $19.50 By Robert Higgs $22.50 In this sequel to his acclaimed classic Crisis and Levia- PB | Item 1096 than, Robert Higgs sheds pioneering light on these most important questions: What accounts for the duration of the Great Depression? What about “wartime prosperity” and whether World War II “got the economy out of the depression”? Higgs offers a solidly grounded interpretation of U.S. political economy from the early-1930s to the end of the Cold War, and he refutes many popular ideas about the Great Depression and New Deal that are so pervasive today. “ Those interested in the interaction between the domestic economy, war, Politics | Economics | History and heavily armed peace will find this book essential reading.” 2006 | 304 pages | 14 figures | 15 tables —P a u l Jo h n s o n , author, Modern Time and A History of the index | 6 x 9 | HC 978-0-19518-292-7 PB 978-0-59813-029-4 American People Crisis and Leviathan $23.15 Critical Episodes in the Growth of $28.95 American Government PB | Item 6002 By Robert Higgs One of the most important books ever written on the nature of government power, this book shows how and why the size and scope of government power has grown in response to crises of war and economic upheavals. Although a crisis eventually subsides, government continues to grow following each crisis. Such increased power usually threatens both civil and economic liberties, all at the behest of special interest groups. Even more alarming, a climate is created in which government power achieves a kind of autonomy. Thus traditional limited representative government goes by the boards and the “passengers now exist for the sake of the ship of state.” Politics | History | Economics 1987 | 384 pages | 5 figures | 4 tables This book should be high on the reading list of every serious student of index | 6 x 9 “ PB 978-0-19-505900-7 the American political system.” —Political Sc i e n c e Qu a r t e r ly Neither Liberty nor Safety $13.55 Fear, Ideology, and the $15.95 Growth of Government PB | Item 2084 By Robert Higgs Robert Higgs illustrates the false trade-off between freedom and security by showing how the U.S. government’s economic and military interventions reduced the civil and economic liberties, prosperity, and genuine security of Americans in the twentieth century. Higgs illuminates the government’s manipulation of public opinion and the role that ideologies play in influencing political outcomes and economic performance. “ Neither Liberty nor Safety is an important addition to Robert Higgs’ systematic analysis of the political uses of fear-mongering.” Current Affairs | Politics | International Relations —T h o m a s Sz a s z , Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, State University of 2007 | 224 pages | 1 figure | 3 tables | index New York Health Science Center, Syracuse 6 x 9 | PB 978-1-59813-012-6 www.independent.org | 11

Opposing the Crusader State $11.95 Alternatives to Global Interventionism $15.95 PB | Item 2081 Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close For more than a century U.S. foreign policy, whether conducted by liberals or conservatives, has been based on the assumption that Americans’ interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure open markets for U.S. exports, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. Before the 20th Century, however, a foreign policy of noninterven- tion was widely considered more desirable. Opposing the Crusader State examines the history of American noninterventionism and its relevance in today’s world, arguing that intervention is not an appropriate “default setting” for U.S. foreign policy.

The Challenge of Liberty $16.95 Classical Liberalism Today $19.95 PB | Item 1045 Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close The quest for freedom has always been as much a battle of ideas as it is a popular struggle. The ideas became the intellectual scaffold- ing for much of humankind’s most fundamental civil institutions and achievements. The Challenge of Liberty restores the ideas and ideals of classical liberalism as the intellectual and cultural roots of free societies regarding individual rights, human dignity, market processes, and the rule of law. This unique book reveals why nationalism, bureaucracy, and de-humanization are foils of classical liberalism, and it examines how they affect issues such as defense, healthcare, education, and commerce.

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