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Stealth Lobbying
Interest Group Influence and Health Care Reform
By Amy Melissa McKay
Reviewed by Michael C. Munger |
The Independent Review
| Summer 2023
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, 16071849
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
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