Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
BOOK BY STEPHEN S. COHEN AND J. BRADFORD DELONG HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS, 2016 240 PP.; $28.00 Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy, by Stephen S. Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong,... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment
BOOK BY DALE DEBAKCSY HUMANIST PRESS, 2016 122 PP.; $24.99 The conceit from which The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment launches is as funny as it is paradoxical. In fact, its... Read More
Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right—and How We Can, Too
BOOK BY GEORGE LAKEY MELVILLE HOUSE, 2016 304 PP.; $26.99 Today, a birth lottery winner (or a chooser behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance) would likely end up not as a US billionaire’s child (much... Read More
Last Leper in the Colony: An Atheist Runs for Congress in the Bible Belt
BOOK BY WYNNE LEGROW 380 PP.; $19.95 A white doctor in the rural South is presumed to be a Republican and a Christian. Wynne LeGrow, a hard-working doctor in Emporia, Virginia, was neither, but he... Read More
Book Review: The Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity
BOOK BY DARREN E. GREM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 304 PP; $34.95 Philip Roth’s 1971 novel Our Gang mocks Richard Nixon and his cabinet (Kissinger, Agnew, et al.) for their knavish attitude toward both the... Read More
Isaac Asimov and “The Last Trump”
Published in 1957, Earth is Room Enough is a collection of short stories by America's greatest science fiction writer and former president of the American Humanist Association, Isaac Asimov. This is no arbitrary collection. A... Read More
Staff Picks: Summer Beach Reads
Summer is here! Whether you’re planning to plop down with a good book on the beach, in a park, or even on your couch, here are some recommendations for great summer reads from TheHumanist.com staff.... Read More