Will the stock market crash? History may not repeat itself, argues the author of The Great Crash, but the dynamics of speculation are remorselessly constant, and they, along with other ominous indicators, give no comfort to optimism
Much has been written by, and about, Albert Speer since the end of World War II. Here, rescued from obscurity, is the summary of the first interrogation of Hitler’s armaments minister and confidant, conducted less than three weeks after Germany surrendered. More than a footnote to history, it is a prelude to what was to be written later, untailored by hindsight and enhanced by spontaneity.
A few weeks ago a Paris-based organization called APHIA (Association for the Promotion of Humor in International Affairs) made its annual award for the most relaxed and innovative figure in the field of international affairs to John Kenneth Galbraith. In accordance with the rules of the organization, the recipient of the award was required to make a significantly innovative contribution to the field of foreign policy. Mr. Galbraith, in consequence, thought and proposed the North Dakota Plan, here revealed to an American audience for the first time.
Perjury, a new book by Allen Weinstein, focuses attention yet again on the Hiss case. Why does it still matter? The answer lies in the fears and vulnerability of countless American liberals.
Marshall McLuhan once said, or is said to have said, that clarity of expression betrays an absence of thought. Not necessarily so says the author of more than twenty books, innumerable essays and reviews, and the recent television series "The Age of Uncertainty." His advice to would-be writers combines considerable thought with laudable clarity.
The servant role of women, says a notable Harvard economist, is an unstated assumption of most current thinking about “the modern economy.” How women can be emancipated—and the likely consequences of such a drastic rearrangement of our society—is discussed in the essay that follows.