The Delightful Lev Rubinstein
Lev Rubinstein at the Cato.ru Seminar At one of the dinners during the Cato.ru Summer School, poet Lev Rubinstein read from his essays (in Russian). It was utterly delightful. (My…
Books
On Liberty Now Available in Arabic
Thanks to the hard work of Fadi Haddadin, Ghaleb Hijazi, and our other Arab colleagues, John Stuart Mill’s classic work On Liberty is now available in Arabic, through the Cato…
Another Package of Insights from Tyler Cowen
I just finished Tyler Cowen’s enlightening new book, Discover Your Inner Economist. It’s a good antidote to the “isn’t economics weirdly counter-intuitive” genre, which, although often fun, doesn’t do as…
Hayek Now in Print in Arabic
F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom (the condensed edition) is now in print in Arabic. Thanks to the whole Misbah al Hurriyya team!
Religious People Should Think About Testing Their Faith
I’m about done with Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. It’s got some flaws (including a number of errors, none of which — so far, at…
Johan Norberg in Arabic and in Russian
I’m so pleased to have in my hands the elegant, beautiful, and elegantly printed Arabic and Russian editions of Johan Norberg’s book, In Defense of Global Capitalism. They are beautiful….
George Will on Brink Lindsey on America’s libertarianism
George Will has a deeply intelligent review/appreciation/critique of Brink Lindsey’s truly fine new book, The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture, in today’s New York Times…
George Will on Brink Lindsey on America’s libertarianism
George Will has a deeply intelligent review/appreciation/critique of Brink Lindsey’s truly fine new book, The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture, in today’s New York Times…
Lamp of Liberty Books
Misbah al Hurriyya (the Lamp of Liberty) is publishing Johan Norberg’s excellent book In Defense of Global Capitalism. It will be off the presses by June 5. Cato.ru has also…
A Smear Job at the NYT
I’ve read Brian Doherty’s book Radicals for Capitalism cover-to-cover. I’ve blogged on it and taken part in an online debate occasioned by the book. (Note that the back-and-forth is in…