Analyzes the misuse and misinterpretation of statistics by policy makers and demonstrates how domestic and foreign policies have been justified by inaccurate facts and figures
Rise of the Revisionists: Russia, China, and Iran examines the ambitions of the three rising powers in essays by Frederick Kagan, Dan Blumenthal, and Reuel Marc Gerecht. An introduction by volume edit
This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area’s successes and recommending how to a
Empires have unfairly gotten a bad name, not least in U.S. domestic politics. This is particularly unfortunate, as the world needs an American pax to provide both global peace and prosperity. The most
This book considers the driving elements behind the benefits and costs of climate protection via Kyoto or similar international agreements that follow.
Illuminates the complexity of people's views on abortion, and shows that opinion has been remarkably stable since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, drawing on a comprehensive and current collection of
The authors consider capital inflows into the United States and the likely consequences of a simplification of the taxation of international transactions.
Two achievements—up the poor and animating civil society—are powerful moral claims for business corporations but schemes for corporate governance jeopardize these achievements.
Revolutionary changes, including the shrinking of traditional banking and the expansion of trading in foreign securities, have recently rocked financial markets.
A who's who of scholars and friends, along with Irving Kristol's ideas, ideals, and contributions to American life as the nation's leading neoconservative.
Objective, readable, and witty, Herbert Stein resists being pigeon-holed as liberal or conservative, as a member of any of the "schools" that warp the vision of many economists. In On the Other Hand,
The author, who served as one of the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission for several years, explains why this and other government agencies that are not set up with separation
Entine (Miami U., Ohio) compiles four essays, one his own, on the subject of public pension fund investing and the legal and political implications of socially-responsible investing. The authors argue
How to conduct Census 2000 has become a highly contentious issue, and the delay in selecting an approach threatens the census's eventual effectiveness. In dispute is the proposed "census sampling" tec
