I Read Things And Write About Them: Reviews in Regulation

The last two issues of Regulation contain a couple of my book reviews.

Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative, by Glenn Loury. Review here. Glenn Loury is one of the greatest economist of the last half-century, and his name comes up in the Nobel Prize conversation. He also hosts one of my favorite podcasts. Late Admissions is a gripping memoir you will want to read in one sitting. It's an interesting reckoning with megalomania: in his younger years, Loury didn't think the rules applied to him, and he paid the price for it.

Reviving Classical Liberalism Against Populism, by Nils Karlson. Review here. The specter hanging over Europe and the United States isn't communism, it's populism. Karlson explains why liberalism matters and how to save it.

Following Their Leaders: Political Preferences and Public Policy, by Randall Holcombe. Review here. Holcombe argues that political leaders don't adapt their policies to people's preferences. Their followers adapt their policy preferences to what their leaders want. Identity comes first: Bob isn't a progressive democrat because he believes in a high minimum wage, rent control, and a big welfare state. He believes in these things because he defines himself as a progressive democrat and these are things progressive democrat leaders want. We see this on the right, too, as people cheer for Trump policies they booed when they were Biden policies.

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