Joseph Lawler

Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering the Missing Element by John D. Mueller ISI Books, 400 pages, $27.95 Harry S Truman famously asked for a “one-handed economist””an adviser who would offer straightforward advice, without listing endless considerations while saying, “on the . . . . Continue Reading »

Ron Johnson has a double-digit lead over liberal darling Russ Feingold in recent polling on Wisconsin’s senatorial race. But now Johnson’s opponents have found out a damaging fact about him: he is connected to the Catholic Church. Johnson is not even Catholic. He is Lutheran. But after . . . . Continue Reading »

The Cato Institute has parted ways with Brink Lindsey and Will Wilkinson, who were, in  Slate columnist David Weigel’s  terms , “among the Cato scholars who most often find common cause with liberals.” Weigel writes that “you have to struggle not to see a political . . . . Continue Reading »