Independent Review, Spring 2023 – Issue Contents

Articles

Crisis and Credit Allocation: The Effect of Ideology on Monetary Policy during the Great Depression and the Great Recession
By James L. Caton

The View of Knowledge: An Institutional Theory of Differences in Educational Quality
By Magnus Henrekson, Johan Wennström

Unintended Consequences: A Critical Review of Child Support Enforcement
By Clifford F. Thies, John Winn

The Creation of Knowledge in Society: Waste Defined by Property and Exchange
By Art Carden, Rosolino A. Candela

Power to the People? Lobbying for Labor Rights in Brazil’s National Constituent Assembly
By Gabriel F. Benzecry

Instilling Duties above Instilling Rights: Two Features of Adam Smith’s Talk of Justice and Liberty
By Daniel B. Klein

The Bright and Shiny Soul of Geoffrey Brennan (1944–2022)
By Michael C. Munger

Reflections

How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite
By Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R. Hall
Twenty Book Reviews Including…
Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity
*By Claudia Goldin
Reviewed by Price V. Fishback
Climate Future: Averting and Adapting to Climate Change*
By Robert S. Pindyck
Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples
Fragile Futures: The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change
*By Vito Tanzi
Reviewed by Robert M. Whaples
The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines
*By David Autor, David A. Mindell, and Elisabeth B. Reynolds
Reviewed by Andre Mouton
Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners around the World
*By Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
Reviewed by Mitchell Earl