Dozens of American communists penetrated the administration, some at the highest levels, and stole scientific and political secrets, including information on the atomic bomb.

ECONOMIST: McCarthyism

He persuaded a disparate band of enthusiasts free-marketers and social conservatives, anti-communists and American traditionalists to band together against the liberal-collectivist foe.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

The last third of this book, which should have been a fascinating account of his role as a public intellectual, instead recounts Friedman saying much the same thing to everyone, from American presidents to Chinese communists.

ECONOMIST: Milton Friedman