Its political class may not be up to the task of leading India toward prosperity.
THE SOURCE: “Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now” by Bjorn Lomborg, in Foreign Affairs, July–Aug. 2012.
THE SOURCE: “Botching the Bomb” by Jacques Hymans, in Foreign Affairs, May–June 2012.
AMERICA THE PHILOSOPHICAL.
By Carlin Romano.
Knopf. 672 pp. $35
PSYCHOLOGY’S GHOSTS:
The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back.
By Jerome Kagan.
Yale Univ. Press. 392 pp. $32
THE SOURCE: “The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?” by David J. Deming, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence F. Katz, in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2012.
THE SOURCE: “Dangerous Tales: Dominant Narratives on the Congo and Their Unintended Consequences” by Séverine Autesserre, in African Affairs, April 2012.
WORDS LIKE LOADED PISTOLS:
Rhetoric From Aristotle to Obama.
By Sam Leith.
Basic Books. 312 pp. $26.99
THE SOURCE: “‘The Big Sort’ That Wasn’t: A Skeptical Re-examination” by Samuel J. Abrams and Morris P. Fiorina, in PS: Political Science and Politics, April 2012.