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To the Editors: Clint Bolick is warmly to be congratulated on his exceptionally lucid review of Ellen Frankel Paul’s Equity and Gender, a most timely book (The Freeman, February 1989). He is also right to point out—as his sole reservation about the book—that it fails to “claim the moral high ground for adversaries of comparable [...]
1Jul1989 | Nicholas Davidson | 2 comments | ContinuedPerspective: Why the Soviet Economy Is Still in Trouble
Recent reports from the Soviet Union indicate that the Soviet economy has faltered under Mikhail Gorbachev’s perestroika, or restructuring. The news is puzzling to Western journalists, as it must be to the Soviet governors themselves. After all, the regime has promoted more efficient management of the economy and waged a major campaign against the corruption [...]
1Jul1989 | Nicholas Davidson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Ancient Suicide of the West
Nicholas Davidson holds a Master’s degree in European history from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Failure of Feminism (Prometheus Books, 1987), I. Interpreting the Decline of Rome The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the great unsolved riddles of history.[1] Rome rose from obscurity to dominate the ancient [...]
1Dec1987 | Nicholas Davidson | 1 comment | Continued-
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