books by Independent Institute     books:     Independent Institute      Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure (Independent Studies in Political Economy) Dominick T. Armentano Independent Institute, 1996 Essential reading This book cuts through the confusion, fallacies and ignorance surrounding antitrust policy. With scholarship and rigor, it analyzes classic antitrust cases to argue convincingly that antitrust law is wrong in theory and disastrous in practice. Its argument is ...             The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed Ivan Eland Independent Institute, 2008 How to dismantle an Empire A direct, educated antithesis to the imperial warmongering of Kaplan and the like. A read that will interest anyone who is interested in preserving our declining democratic republic.             Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition Jeffrey A. Miron Independent Institute, 2004 At War With Ourselves The interesting thing about economics is the lack of emphasis on intention. Economists don't care what the intent of the policy is, only the outcome. The result of this all-consuming focus is that economic analyses have a fascinating way of seeing past wishful ...             Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly Glen Whitman Independent Institute, 2003 Wrong Title This book really deals with Franchise law in the alcohol beverage industry and is very limited in other aspects.             That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy) Stephen P. Halbrook Independent Institute, 1994 Response to "Pure Propaganda" Is your name, "Pure Propaganda" intentionally or unintentionally descriptive of your methods? Oh well, no matter. You say, "The author of the book, Stephen P. Halbrook, is an NRA attorney. That being the case, the content of the book is quite predictable." But, I ...             Lessons from the Poor: Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit (Independent Studies in Political Economy) Independent Institute, 2008 A look at the lessons learned by crafty third world entrepreneurs With all of America's technology and advancements, is there anything that can be learned from third world countries? "Lessons from the Poor: Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit" is a look at the lessons learned by crafty third world entrepreneurs in countries such as ...             Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society Robert Higgs Independent Institute, 2004 A wonderful book, a great education! "I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant." ~ H. L. Mencken (Living Philosophies, 1931) H. L. Mencken would have delighted in ...             The Che Guevara Myth and the Future of Liberty (Independent Studies in Political Economy) Alvaro Vargas Llosa Independent Institute, 2006 Good, but I'm still searching. It shouldn't be too hard to find a book that is critical of a loser like Ernesto Guevara, but it is. This book finally counters much of the romantic clap-trap that exists about the murderous, anti-freedom, hate-filled hypocrite, but it's certainly not ideal. I'd like ...             Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy Independent Institute, 2005 Green is the new Red. Great book that uses sound economic thinking. As if the usual march towards socialism was not bad enough, the same type of blind fervor which once led millions to communist misery lures a new generation to the environmentalist movement. This book provides many great essays that show how the usual economic ...             Neither Liberty nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government (Independent Studies in Political ... Robert Higgs Independent Institute, 2007 Short and sweet I get the feeling that the word "ideology" is becoming more and more popular these days. Even Obama keeps bringing it up to refer to Bush's war. This is a good thing because ideologies become the sort of lemons out of which our minds can make lemonade with, and the ...             Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes.(Review): An article from: Independent Review Steven Horwitz Independent Institute, 1999 This digital document is an article from Independent Review, published by Independent Institute on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1639 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can ...             Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance Mike Moore Independent Institute, 2008 Brilliant book on how we must avoid military confrontations in orbital space The numerous blurbs by prominent professionals and educators on the back jacket of Mike Moore's "Twilight War," a masterful book about the dangers of any nation attempting to militarily dominate orbital space, make a compelling case for the timeliness and importance of ...             Faulty Towers: Tenure and the Structure of Higher Education Roger E. Meiners Independent Institute, 2004 Market Forces not the whole answer This book brings an objective economic analysis to the incentive structure of higher education. To this extent, it marks a welcome intervention into the polarized current debate on the topic of tenure. The authors' (Amacher and Meiners) original insight is that tenure ...             The Diversity Myth David O. Sacks, Peter A. Thiel Independent Institute, 1998 A timely, accurate report of multicultural excess Finally, a book that accurately reveals the tyrannical dictatorship of the multicultural ideologues on American campuses. As a college philosophy instructor, the predicament portrayed by the authors of this excellent book strikes home all too accurately for me. This ...             Hot Talk Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate S. Fred Singer Independent Institute, 1999 The Scientific truth that Global isn't Warming! This is one of the easiest books to follow that tell the truth about the non-existence of so-called "global warming." Here, Mr. Singer analyzes the Global Climate Treaty and shows how damaging it could be to our economy, if adopted. 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