Books
Since its founding in 1987, Independent has published or co-published over one hundred books on myriad policy subjects including healthcare, housing, education, foreign policy, and more.
Since its founding in 1987, Independent has published or co-published over one hundred books on myriad policy subjects including healthcare, housing, education, foreign policy, and more.
Really Good Schools
Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education
Hot Talk, Cold Science (2021)
Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
The Founders’ Second Amendment (2019)
Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
War and the Rogue Presidency
Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure
Eleven Presidents
Promises vs. Results in Achieving Limited Government
Pope Francis and the Caring Society
Crossroads for Liberty
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
American Surveillance
Intelligence, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment
The Midas Paradox
Financial Markets, Government Policy Shocks, and the Great Depression
California Dreaming
Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis
Recarving Rushmore
Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty
Patent Trolls
Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation
Gun Control in the Third Reich
Disarming the Jews and “Enemies of the State”
The Power of Habeas Corpus in America
From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror
Crisis and Leviathan
Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (25th Anniversary Edition)
Beyond Politics
The Roots of Government Failure (Revised and Updated Edition)
Good Money
Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821
The Civilian and the Military
A History of the American Antimilitarist Tradition
Securing Civil Rights
Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms
The New Holy Wars
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America
Depression, War, and Cold War
Challenging the Myths of Conflict and Prosperity
The Decline of American Liberalism
The Founders’ Second Amendment (2008)
Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
The Empire Has No Clothes (Updated Edition)
U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed
Neither Liberty nor Safety
Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government
Street Smart
Competition, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Roads
Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus
Liberty for Latin America
How to Undo Five Hundred Years of State Oppression
Reclaiming the American Revolution
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy
Writing Off Ideas
Taxation, Foundations, and Philanthropy in America
Cutting Green Tape
Toxic Pollutants, Environmental Regulation and the Law
Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools?
New Strategies for Educational Excellence
American Health Care
Government, Market Processes and the Public Interest
Winners, Losers & Microsoft
Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
Money and the Nation State
The Financial Revolution, Government and the World Monetary System
To Serve and Protect
Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice
Out of Work
Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America
The Capitalist Revolution in Latin America
Private Rights and Public Illusions
Arms, Politics, and the Economy
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Alienation and the Soviet Economy
The Collapse of the Socialist Era
Regulation and the Reagan Era
Politics, Bureaucracy and the Public Interest
