The Independent Review—Spring Issue Now Available
Carl P. Close • Tuesday, March 13, 2012
We are delighted to announce the publication of the Spring 2012 issue of the Independent Institute’s peer-reviewed journal, The Independent Review. This issue’s articles and book reviews deal with the following questions:
- What does evidence from hunter-gatherer societies suggest about whether human beings are better adapted for individualism or collectivism? Read the article.
- What can libertarians learn from the late Paul Piccone’s works on the modern bureaucratic state and the rule of what he called the “New Class”?
- How did the creation of a “fiscal commons” undermine limited government? Read the article.
- How could the writings of Mozi (c. 470–391 B.C.E.) contribute to the creation of a liberal society in the new China?
- How did Argentina’s Law of National Guaranteed Banks set the stage for that country’s financial crisis of 1890?
- How did various regulations lead to the excessive leverage and risk-taking that contributed to the recent financial meltdown?
- What did the Indo-European warriors of the Bronze Age contribute to the spirit of liberty and creativity that helped make Western civilization unique? Read the review essay.
- How have politics and ideology corrupted climate science and policy? Read the book review.
- How have solar power, wind power, biofuels, electric cars, and rail mass transit cloaked the private pursuit of taxpayer-funded subsidies? Read the book review.
- Where did John Maynard Keynes acknowledge that regime uncertainty discourages the “animal spirits” that drive private investment?
The Independent Review (Spring 2012)
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