Why Liberalism Works
How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All

Another excellent defense of true liberalism from economic historian Deirdre McCloskey. It's a collection of her articles, reviews, essays, on a wide array of topics. As usual, it's erudite, cogent, and compelling in its arguments. Definitely worth reading! I've had the pleasure of interviewing Profe......more

A charming, modern defence of neoliberalism in 50 essays by an economic historian. Although she didn't convince me, I'm glad that I read it.......more

The writing is quirky. And difficult. Lots of short sentences. Many kind of snarky parenthetical (like this) asides (get it?). The biggest irritant is the lack of simple, fundamental definitions - liberal, Liberal 1.0, liberal 2.0, tested betterment. On the other hand, a mostly compelling case for c......more

You could just title the book, “why naive view of the world doesn’t work.” I gave up after 1/3rd of the book. Author thinks buying cheap from abroad is the great, because free market. What if you are buying from someone who uses that money to conduct genocide, use slave labour, child labour, sponsor......more

The great Deirdre McCloskey offers an unapologetic, confident (perhaps arrogant) polemic defending liberalism (Classic, not leftist) against mostly leftist but also righty nationalist types. I've read many books on economics and political philosophy, this one is similar to the one I imagine I'd writ......more