Independent Review articles from March 2001

Independent Review archives from March 2001

The Therapeutic State.(America's health policies)
March 22, 2001... The Tyranny of Pharmacracy One of the symbols of sovereign states is the postage stamp. Traditionally, U.S. stamps have depicted a famous American or an important historical scene. In 1893, to increase revenues, the U. S. Post Office began...

The Will to Be Free.(defense and state)
March 22, 2001... The Role of Ideology in National Defense The practical superiority of markets over governments has become readily apparent. Only the most dogmatic of state apologists continue to deny this obvious fact--at least with respect to the...

Libertarianism Against Economism.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... How Economists Misunderstand Voters, and Why Libertarians Should Care It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. --Adam Smith,...

Do Strong Governments Produce Strong Economies?
March 22, 2001... Few terms are as ubiquitous as the strong state in the social sciences, yet there is no agreement on how to define it. The strong state crops up in the writings of economists, political scientists, and sociologists, who label it both a...

How Transparent Is the U.S. Budget?
March 22, 2001... In recent years, the federal government has experienced its first budget surpluses since 1969 and its first consecutive years of budget surplus since 1956-57. Further, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is forecasting budget surpluses of at...

Understanding the IMF Debate.
March 22, 2001... The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established along with the World Bank during the international negotiations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, near the end of World War II to oversee the operation of the postwar international monetary...

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire.(Review)
March 22, 2001... * Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000. Pp. xix, 268. $26.00 cloth. The United States is a unique imperial power. In what columnist Charles Krauthammer calls the "unipolar moment," this...

John Stuart Mill.(Review)
March 22, 2001... * John Stuart Mill By William Stafford New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. 176. $45.00 cloth. William Stafford's recent book is the best short introduction to the thought of John Stuart Mill I have come across. The first chapter is...

Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality.(Review)
March 22, 2001... * Sovereign Virtue: The Theory and Practice of Equality By Ronald Dworkin Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. 505. $35.00 cloth. With Sovereign Virtue, Ronald Dworkin finally presents his political theory in a form...

Etceteras ...
March 22, 2001... Results of Another Fifty-Year Experiment in Political Economy Variable China (PRC) Taiwan (ROC) Population (millions) 1,237 22 Population per square mile ...