Scruton makes a counterintuitive yet persuasive case that optimists and idealists--with their ignorance about the truths of human nature and human society, and their naive hopes about what can be changed--have wrought havoc for centuries.

Bhagwati shines a critical light on preferential trade agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system.

This bookhighlights the costs of a malfunctioning Congress on national policymaking, and outlines what must be done to repair the damage.

This book tells the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world.

This book argues that international law matters but is less powerful and less significant than public officials, legal experts, and the media believe.

This book provides an analytical study of Sri Lanka's experience with economic reforms.

Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment reviews the macroeconomic experiences of eighteen developing countries from 1974 to 1989.

The authors--economists and scientists--seek in various ways to make regulation more sensible and effective.