Archive for Carl Helstrom
Book Review: Capitalism by Arthur Seldon
Basil Blackwell, 3 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 • 1990 • 419 pages • $29.95 cloth This book outlines the great ideological struggle between individualism and collectivism. Written with originality and vigor, it presents the latest arguments for capitalism and against socialism. The author, a leading libertarian thinker, clearly demonstrates capitalism’s superiority over socialism, not [...]
1Jun1991 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedPerspective: The Hard Line
Leonard Read was a hard-liner. He believed that a person should practice what he preaches. Perhaps he had this in mind when he established FEE to promote a moral foundation for economic education, advocating a solid ethical basis for the free society. In 1961 he wrote in The Freeman: “The crown of virtue should rest [...]
1Apr1991 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Taxpayers In Revolt: Tax Resistance During The Great Depression by David T. Beito
The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288 • 1989 • 216 pages • $29.95 cloth After the stock market crash of 1929, hard-pressed taxpayers in several major cities in the East and Midwest formed taxpayers’ leagues to press for lower property taxes. This book chronicles their efforts, describes the [...]
1Apr1990 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics by Doug Bandow
Crossway Books, 9825 W. Roosevelt Road, Westchester, Illinois 60153 • 1988 • 256 pages • $9.95 papeback Doug Bandow, a syndicated columnist and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, has written a book that will be of particular interest to devout Christians. Beyond Good Intentions offers an outstanding analysis of political philosophy based upon a [...]
1May1989 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Changing Course: Civil Rights at the Crossroads by Clint Bolick
Transaction Books, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 • 1988 • 152 pp., $24.95 cloth. The civil rights movement in the United States has undergone radical changes in the past, 20 years. Following the death of Martin Luther King, the movement deteriorated into a loose-knit faction that claims to advance the ideas of earlier [...]
1Dec1988 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Capitalism For Kids by Karl Hess
Enterprise Publishing, 725 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 1987 • 247 pages • $14.95 cloth, $9.95 paperback Karl Hess has written a book for children and for those who care about children. He deals with the philosophical and practical problems of society and presents capitalism—the free market, private property system—as the best solution. As he [...]
1Jul1988 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedTouchstone of Truth
Carl Helstrom is a member of the staff of The Foundation for Economic Education. Frederic Bastiat wrote a book called Economic Harmonies because he thought that the basic principles of economics were intellectual guides that all men could follow to work together and improve their material and moral condition. All of Bastiat’s writings are concerned [...]
1Jun1988 | Carl Helstrom | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Americas March Toward Communism: Forsaking Our Heritage by Mark W. Hendrickson
Libertarian Press, Spring Mills, PA 16875 • 1987 • 102 pages $6,95 paperback Mark Hendrickson systematically discusses the ten points of the Communist Manifesto in light of twentieth- century legislation and popular opinion in the United States, and makes a strong case for his thesis: “The United States has marched far down the road to [...]
1Mar1988 | Carl Helstrom | 1 comment | Continued-
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