Hypocrites & Half-Wits

Each day, Donald Boudreaux, professor of economics at George Mason University, writes a letter to the editor of a major American publication. Often, he writes in response to an absurdity offered up by a columnist or politician, or an eye-catching factoid misleadingly taken out of context. This collection, comprised of one hundred of Boudreaux's best letters, provides intelligent, witty rejoinders to questions like these:Are taxes "really just prices"? (New York Times)Does the Tea Party suffer from a "fatuous infatuation" with the Constitution? (Washington Post)Is it "obvious" that "if there are fewer guns, there are fewer shootings and fewer funerals" (New Orleans Times-Picayune)Has "slowing population growth" proven to be "critical to long-term economic growth"? (Wall Street Journal)Without swearing allegiance to any party or ideology, Boudreaux takes aim at pundits and politicos on the left, right, and everywhere between. He...