Today FDR's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to the economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, these regimes were hardly considered antithetical. Cultural historian Schivelbusch investigates their shared elements...

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR or the Covenant) in 2016, this contribution examines the multifaceted positive and negative influences that the ICESCR and the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural...

Ian Little offers a new defence of utilitarianism as a basis for assessing the role of the State. Lucidly and elegantly he explains how the three disciplines of philosophy, economics, and politics can be integrated to provide guidance on issues of public policy. Anyone interested in public...