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Books
Book reviews and essays from the Washington Monthly on the new books shaping debates over politics, policy, history, and American democracy.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
One for the Money
How Alan Greenspan’s disastrous reign at the Fed came to be.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
The Revolution Will Be Analyzed
America changed in 1969, but our history isn’t quite complete.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
What Drives Social Justice?
Author Mark Smith says religion lags behind culture. Maybe it is the other way around.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
Pluribus et Unum
The history of American politics as a tug-of-war between our individualist and collectivist identities.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
The Strongest Branch of Liberty
Louis Fisher reminds us that historically it has been Congress—dysfunction and all—that has most advanced our rights.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2016
1968 Versus 2016
Despite the many similarities, this year isn’t 1968. Because Hillary understands what Johnson never did: that he had to be (mostly) at one with his party’s base.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2016
The Myth of the Powell Memo
A secret note from a future Supreme Court justice did not give rise to today’s conservative infrastructure. Something more insidious did.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2016
How Do You Get Ideologues to Change Their Minds?
The answer can be found in the conservative movement’s turn against mass incarceration.
Posted inBooks, Economy, Magazine, September/October 2016, The Monopolized Economy
Made from Concentrate
Four companies decide what meat you eat, two choose what milk you buy, and soon only one will determine what beer you drink. Are we all fine with that?
