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These two books address different dimensions of the triumphal rise of free market ideas. Thomas Medvetz analyzes the emergence of think tanks as a new organizational form in the United States and explains why they have effectively reduced the influence of most academic intellectuals on policy making. Angus Burgin analyzes the emergence and history of the Mont Pèlerin Society—the free market group that was founded by Friedrich Hayek—which had a decisive influence on conservative thought. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review is provided of the book "The End of Energy: The Unmaking of America's Environment, Security, and Independence," by Michael J. Graetz.

The article reviews the books "Keynes: The Return of the Master," by Robert Skidelsky and "Keynes: The Rise, Fall and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist," by Peter Clarke.

The article reviews three books including "From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 STOPs to Restoring America's Greatness," by Mike Huckabee, "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite," by D. Michael Lindsay and "The Audacity of Hopes: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," by Barack Obama.

The article reviews the book "Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital and the Housing Bubble," by Herman M. Schwartz.

Reviews two books on state theory. "State Theory: Putting the Capitalist State in Its Place," by Bob Jessop; "Changes in the State: Causes and Consequences," edited by Edward S. Greenberg and Thomas F. Mayer.

Reviews the book "Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism," edited by John H. Goldthorpe.

The article reviews the book "LEAN AND MEAN: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF CORPORATE POWER IN THE AGE OF FLEXIBILITY," by Bennett Harrison.

The article reviews two books "The Politics of Social Solidarity: Class Bases of the European Welfare State 1875-1975," Peter Baldwin and "Crisis and Choice in European Social Democracy," by Fritz W. Scharpf and translated by Ruth Crowley and Fred Thompson.

The article reviews the book "Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization," by Joseph A. Conti.

The article reviews the book "Regulatory Capitalism: How it Works, Ideas for Making It Work Better," by John Braithwaite.

Reviews the book "Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism," by Charles Perrow.

Reviews the book "Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies," by Gosta Esping-Andersen.

Reviews the book "Democracy Realized: The Progressive Alternative," by Roberto Mangabeira Unger.

Reviews the book "Political Economy of Modern Capitalism: Mapping Convergence and Diversity," edited by Colin Crouch and Wolfgang Streeck.

Reviews the book "Empire or Republic: American Global Power and Domestic Decay," by James Petras and Morris Morley.

Reviews the book "Social Structures of Accumulation: The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis," edited by David M. Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich.

Reviews the book "Power, Norms, and Inflation: A Skeptical Treatment," by Michael R. Smith.

Reviews the book "Recapitalizing America: Alternatives to the Corporate Distortion of National Policy," by S.M. Miller and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey.

Reviews the book "Dualism and Discontinuity in Industrial Societies," by Suzanne Berger and Michael J. Piore.

Reviews the book "The Capitalist System," 2nd ed., edited by Richard C. Edwards, Michael Reich, and Thomas E. Weisskopf.

Reviews the books "Economics and World Order: From the 1970's to the 1990's," edited by Jagdish N. Bhagwati and "Fictive Capital and Fictive Profit: The Welfare-Military State, a Political Economy Based on Economic Fictions," by Horace H. Robbins.

The article reviews the book "The Restructuring of Capitalism in Our Time," by William K. Tabb.

The article reviews the book "A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth," by Alexander J. Field.

Reviews the book "The End of Social Inequality?: Class, Status and Power Under State Socialism," by David Lane.