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The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future מאת Randal O'Toole Drawing on 30 years of experience reviewing hundreds of government plans, Randal O'Toole shows that, thanks to government planners, American cities are choked with congestion, major American housing markets have become unaf-fordable, and the cost of government infrastructure is spiraling out of cont...

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The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development מאת Jean-Pierre Chauffour In this thought-provoking book, Jean-Pierre Chauffour argues that freedom in all its economic, civil, and political dimensions is the only internally consistent and mutually supportive way of thinking about development and human rights....

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The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet מאת Indur Goklany Many people believe that globalization and its key components have made matters worse for humanity and the environment. Indur M. Goklany exposes this as a complete myth and challenges people to consider how much worse the world would be without them. Goklany confronts foes of globalization and demon...

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The Politics of Freedom: Taking on The Left, The Right and Threats to Our Liberties מאת David Boaz Is it any wonder that Americans have become so dissatisfied with government today? Politicians have given us soaring federal spending, rampant violations of our constitutional rights, a futile war in Iraq, corruption, incompetence, and a growing nanny state. Now one of the leading libertarian critic...

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Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle Over the Second Amendment מאת Brian Doherty This past June, the Supreme Court decided a question at the heart of one of America's most impassioned debates, ruling that individual citizens have the constitutional right to possess guns. With that decision, the District's handgun ban--one of the toughest and most controversial in the nation--was...

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Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know מאת Patrick J. Michaels Is the weather truly getting worse? When it comes to global warming, dire predictions seem to be all we see or hear. Climatologists Patrick Michaels and Robert Balling Jr. explain why the news and information we receive about global warming have become so apocalyptic. The science itself has become i...

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Global Tax Revolution: The Rise of Tax Competition and the Battle to Defend It מאת Chris Edwards and Daniel J. Mitchell This book explores one of the most dynamic and exciting aspects of globalization international tax competition. With rising mobility and soaring capital flows, individuals and businesses are gaining freedom to work and invest in nations with lower tax rates. That freedom is pressuring governments to...

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Shifting Superpowers: The New and Emerging Relationships between the United States, China and India מאת Martin Sieff Three powerful countries-China, India, and the United States-are competing for dominance in Asia, and U.S. policymakers need to adapt to the realities of a multipolar world. A pioneering, essential guide, Shifting Superpowers aims to energize the debate over the proper direction of U.S. foreign poli...

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Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It מאת Randal O'Toole Americans are the most mobile society in history, yet our transportation system is on the verge of collapse. Traffic congestion today is five times worse than it was 25 years ago. Many of our bridges are in desperate need of replacement. Worst of all, many transportation planners believe their job i...

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The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power מאת Gene Healy The Bush years have given rise to fears of a resurgent Imperial Presidency. Those fears are justified, but the problem cannot be solved simply by bringing a new administration to power. In his provocative new book, The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy argues that the fault lies not in our leaders ...

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Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know מאת Patrick J. Michaels Is the weather truly getting worse? When it comes to global warming, dire predictions seem to be all we see or hear. Climatologists Patrick Michaels and Robert Balling Jr. explain why the news and information we receive about global warming have become so apocalyptic. The science itself has become i...

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Mad About Trade: Why Main Street America should Embrace Globalization מאת Daniel T. Griswold Mad about Trade is the much-needed antidote to a rising tide of protectionist sentiment in the United States. The book explains the benefits of free trade and globalization for middle-class, Main Street Americans exposed to a barrage of negative claims from politicians and commentators such as Lou D...

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The Cult of the Presidency, Updated: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power מאת Gene Healy The Bush years have given rise to fears of a resurgent Imperial Presidency, but the problem cannot be solved simply by bringing a new administration to power. Both Left and Right agree on the boundless nature of presidential responsibility. For both sides, it is the president's job to grow the econo...

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The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom, With a New Preface מאת Robert Levy The Founding Fathers wanted the judicial branch to serve as a check on the power of the legislative and executive, and gave the Supreme Court the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution in a way that would safeguard individual freedoms. Sadly, the Supreme Court has handed down many destructi...

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Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America מאת Ted Galen Carpenter Foreign policy expert Ted Galen Carpenter confronts the global challenges America faces, outlining a practical strategy that protects America's security while avoiding unnecessary and unrewarding military adventures. He looks at how U.S. forces remain mired in a nation-building mission in Iraq, whil...

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New Frontiers in Free Trade: Globalization's Future and Asia's Rising Role Razeen Sally

New Frontiers in Free Trade: Globalization's Future and Asia's Rising Role מאת Razeen Sally Razeen Sally argues forcefully that international trade policy has lost its way. Trade policy has become disconnected from 21st century business and consumer realities. The World Trade Organization and free trade agreements have outdated negotiating models and yield diminishing returns. The world's ...