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Civic Gifts
Voluntarism and the Making of the American Nation-State
By Elisabeth S. Clemens
Reviewed by Lenore T. Ealy | The Independent Review | Fall 2022
Cronyism
Liberty vs. Power in America, 1607–1849
By Patrick Newman
Reviewed by Robert E. Wright | The Independent Review | Spring 2022
Land of Hope
An Invitation to the Great American Story
By Wilfred M. McClay
Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples | The Independent Review | Fall 2020
The High Cost of Good Intentions
A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
By John F. Cogan
Reviewed by Lee A. Craig | The Independent Review | Fall 2019
The Fifth Risk
Undoing Democracy
By Michael Lewis
Reviewed by Dwight R. Lee | The Independent Review | Summer 2019
The Corruption Cure
How Citizens and Leaders Can Combat Graft
By Robert I. Rotberg
Reviewed by George R. Crowley | The Independent Review | Winter 2017/18
DC Confidential
Inside the Five Tricks of Washington
By David Schoenbrod
Reviewed by Michael C. Munger | The Independent Review | Winter 2017/18
Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster
Lessons in Local Entrepreneurship
By Virgil Henry Storr, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch, and Laura Grube
Reviewed by Daniel J. Smith | The Independent Review | Spring 2017
They Play, You Pay
Why Taxpayers Build Ballparks, Stadiums, and Arenas for Billionaire Owners and Millionaire Players
By James T. Bennett
Reviewed by Raymond D. Sauer | The Independent Review | Winter 2013/14
The False Promise of Green Energy
By Roger E. Meiners, Andrew Morriss, William T. Bogart, Andrew Dorchak
Reviewed by Pierre Desrochers | The Independent Review | Spring 2012






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