Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Can Europe Be the Same with Different People in It? by Christopher Caldwell (Penguin, 2009).

Regulation and incentives are replacing professionalism. The inner motivation of professional integrity becomes gradually modified by the rules and instructions coming from an employer.

A look at Germany's unification history.

Private legal insurance would protect legal rights. In both criminal and civil proceedings, if an individual is not properly represented, the outcome may be dire. One way of expanding access to legal services is to encourage the purchase of legal expenses insurance.

The public's aspirations for climate change policy are not matched by their willingness to act.

Improving health conditions in remote Indigenous communities depdends on better stores. Often the local store is the only source of food in a community, where healthy food options are rare, very expensive and of poor quality.

Douglas Clements talks with Kevin Murphy about addiction, inequality, education and fertility.

Even if subjective well-being information can lead to better public policy, this doesn't mean that governments should collect it: a critical review of Well-being for Public Policy by Ed Diener, Richard Lucas, Ulrich Schimmack and John Helliwell (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Can Europe Be the Same with Different People in It? by Christopher Caldwell (Penguin, 2009).

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (William Heinemann, 2009).

Capitalism, Institutions and Economic Development by Michael G. Heller (Routledge, 2009).

The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law by Steven M. Teles (Princeton University Press, 2008).

Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law by Michael A. Carrier (Oxford University Press, 2009).