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What Progressives Did to Cities

Michael Anton

San Fransicko:Why Progressives Ruin Citiesby michael shellenbergerharper, 416 pages, $28.99 I’ve spent my entire life in or in near-orbit of what I think it’s safe to call America’s four...

Pessimism Vindicated

Michael Anton

Fears of a Setting Sun:The Disillusionment of America’s Foundersby dennis c. rasmussen princeton, 288 pages, $29.95 The founders would be appalled” is a common sentiment in American politics, expressed...