Why Groups Go to ExtremesBy Cass R. SunsteinAEI Press, September 2008, $10.00

Cass R. Sunstein argues that the key to preventing the spread of extremist views is ensuring that like-minded groups encounter a diversity of opinions within civil society.

AEI scholars have produced a plethora of new titles this summer and fall.Here we highlight some of their new books.

Peter Wallison and co-author Joel Gora have taken on the vexed subject of campaign finance--a topic in which every past reform has made things worse.

The most productive way for conservatives to facilitate the emergence of a richer Internet culture is not to fight for reforms and restrictions that voters won't support but to encourage government policies that permit business-model experimentation.

Weshould discussintractable differences between men and women, or between any other groups of people, because the refusal to confront the reality of differences has consequences.

The Warner and REINS proposals are excellent ideas but, at least in the area of the environment and the economy, are no substitute for reforming the underlying statutes.

Betty Friedan's fatal mistakewas attackingthe domestic sphere itself--along with all the women who chose to live there.