Links for July 2025
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- Two books that I read this month, from the Right Wing Reading Rainbow series of book recommendations:
- The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods (2004). Buy it on Amazon or download it from Anna’s Archive. Overview of the book and follow-up reading recommendations at Right Wing Reading Rainbow I.
- The Mystery of Banking by Murray N. Rothbard (1983). Read or download the second edition (2004) in different formats for free from the Mises.org website. Overview of the book and follow-up reading recommendations at Right Wing Reading Rainbow II.
- The Myth of American Meritocracy by Ron Unz (2012-11-28). An in-depth investigation into which groups really benefit and which lose due to the opaque admission policies of American elite universities. Besides the article itself, there are links to:
- A PDF version of the article as it was published in the December 2012 issue of The American Conservative magazine.
- An MP3 audio recording of the article.
- An EPUB version of American Meritocracy Revisited (2022), a collection of essays by Ron Unz including The Myth of American Meritocracy and follow-up articles.
- Worship. Adoration. Valence. by Dmitry (2025-01-03). “The sexes resent each other when they cannot glorify each other.”
- The rise of life expectancy by Inquisitive Bird (2025-07-02).
- Talent beats hard work by Sebastian Jensen (2025-06-18).
- Podcast video: Answering Common Objections to Private Law (and Military Defense) hosted by Robert P. Murphy and featuring Adam Haman (2025-07-10).