Fouad Ajami on his favorite books about financial dynasties...

Germans work and create wealth. Yet under the present system, they do not receive commensurate psychological rewards — and they increasingly receive insufficient material compensation as well...

Bryan's question (When you were actually living through the Seventies, did public policy and the overall health of the economy seem worse than today? The same? Better?) is tough to answer...

The Nobel economist says the health-care bill will cause serious damage, but that the American people can be trusted to vote for limited government in November. . . .