Customer Review: Write what you know: basic advice imparted in any writing class. Ms Postrel, writer of an economics column for the New York Times, knows widgets. In *The Substance of Style*, Ms Postrel admirably follows the maxim that serves as the title of my review: although putatively *about* style, it's really... more info
Customer Review: Postrel's future strikes me as naive and idealistic. Unleashing the creative animus of billions of free actors? OK, but history teaches over and over that humans are not predisposed to always act charitably to each other. Laws, customs, and regulations are there to protect your rights and property... more info
Customer Review: I was alternately outraged and amused by Free Minds & Free Markets. I was outraged at numerous losses of freedom and the major media's poor reporting of them. I was amused at how weak the case has become for continued government expansion. For example, Paul Ehrlich predicted worldwide famines by... more info
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