Review excerpt:
For both college students debating in their dorm rooms and free-market Republicans who are seeking the next step in limited government, Charles Murray's book is a guide to what libertarian policy demands, and why it would make the country better off.
That is a worthwhile undertaking, but the resulting book is neither inspiring nor ultimately persuasive. The fault does not really lie with Murray, who is one of the most elegant prose stylists when it comes to complex matters of public policy. The problem is with libertarianism itself. This book will remind many readers why the philosophy has never really succeeded in the United States, and why it is unlikely to achieve critical mass any time soon.
Charles Murray is the W. H. Brady Scholar in Culture and Freedom at AEI.
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