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Bryan Cheang argues that industrial policy is authoritarian.Today’s book: Economic Liberalism and the Developmental State: Hong Kong and Singapore’s Post-war DevelopmentToday’s essay: “Why mission-directed governance risks authoritarianism: lessons from East Asia”Bryan Cheang’s email: [email protected]

Bart Wilson on how to make economics more human.

Walker Hanlon explains the rise and fall of small government in Britain.Today’s Book: The Laissez-Faire Experiment: Why Britain Embraced and Then Abandoned Small Government, 1800–1914

Michael Huemer explains and challenges progressive claims.Today’s book: Progressive Myths

Bryan Caplan extols the virtues of self help.Today’s book: Self-Help Is Like a Vaccine: Essays on Living Better

Sheldon Richman makes the case for human freedom.Today's Book: What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

John Hasnas describes the virtue and the beauty of the common law.Today's Book: Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society

Johan Norberg advocates radical economic freedom.Today's Book: The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World by Johan Norberg

James Otteson claims that businesses behave honorably by creating mutually beneficial, and mutually voluntary deals.Today's book: Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society

Bryan Caplan explains why housing costs are so high.Today's book: Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation