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Because of family matters, this past Spring found me way behind in my reading (including reading books that I agreed to review — a task which I’m catching up on now). Here are three books that I’m especially eager to read this summer once my decks are all clear:
Stealing from Each Other: How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit [2], by Edgar K. Browning (2008). Economists know Butch Browning for his excellent research in public finance. This book promises to be well-researched, well-reasoned, and important.
The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom [3], by Robert A. Levy & William Mellor (2008). Bob Levy (a successful entrepreneur turned successful lawyer and inspiring policy analyst) and Chip Mellor (co-founder and president of the vital Institute for Justice [4]) bring, I’m sure, passion and brilliance to their review of some of the Supremes’ most unfortunate rulings.
Fooled By Randomness [5], by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2005). The praise this book has received is immense — and not least from Russ Roberts.