ARGONAUT BOOKS

The 20th century features many examples of grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. This book analyses cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Reviews "A magisterial critique of top-down social planning that has been cited, and debated, by the free-market libertarians of the Cato Institute (which recently dedicated an issue of its online journal to the book), development economists, and partisans of Occupy Wall Street alike."-Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times"Illuminating and beautifully written, this ...Read More