Volume 23

Number 4

Spring

2019

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Articles

Exploring the Philanthropic Landscape: Introduction

Lenore T. Ealy

From Hobbes to Hayek: Perspectives on Civil Society and Philanthropy

Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill

Making the Voluntaryist Venn Work for Us, Not against Us

Michael C. Munger

It (Still) Takes a Nation: Why Private Charity Will Never Replace the Welfare State

Samuel P. Hammond

Of Credence and Collective Action: Religion’s Comparative Advantages in Social Charity

Anthony J. Gill

Philanthropy in the Millennial Age: Trends toward Polycentric Personalized Philanthropy

Elizabeth Crisp Crawford, Jeremy Jackson

From Red to Rainbow: The Transformation of the Left—Some Key Intellectual Sources

William P. Baumgarth, Sr.

Money and Morality: A Matter of Misinterpretation

Stan Husi

Reflections

Restructuring the House of Representatives: A Proposal for Constitutional Reform

Randall G. Holcombe

Book Reviews

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed by
Jenna A. Robinson

The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations

By Lilach Gilady
Reviewed by
Jessica Trisko Darden

Termites of the State: Why Complexity Leads to Inequality

By Vito Tanzi
Reviewed by
Richard E. Wagner

Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk

Edited by James E. Person, Jr.
Reviewed by
Luigi Bradizza

Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements

By Ted Galen Carpenter
Reviewed by
Christopher J. Coyne

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

By Daniel Ellsberg
Reviewed by
Christopher J. Coyne

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

By Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl
Reviewed by
Nicholas Geiser

Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World

By Andrew Leigh
Reviewed by
Colin Harris

Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need

By Randal O’Toole
Reviewed by
Stephen Karlson

The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture

By Heather Mac Donald
Reviewed by
Dwight R. Lee

First Freedom: A Ride through America’s Enduring History with the Gun

By David Harsanyi
Reviewed by
Michael C. Munger

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

By Adrienne Mayor
Reviewed by
Michael C. Munger

Global Economics: A Holistic Approach

By Clifford F. Thies
Reviewed by
Jon Murphy

Carbon Capture

By Howard J. Herzog
Reviewed by
Robert M. Whaples

Springtime for Snowflakes: Social Justice and Its Postmodern Parentage

By Michael Rectenwald
Reviewed by
Robert M. Whaples

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