Francisco Litvay

This book is easily on my top 3 regarding Special Economic Zones. Moberg analyzes all different impacts that SEZs can have, from macroeconomic output to more dynamic benefits such as serving as test-beds for new policy. The result is a handy guide about how and in which scenarios this policy tool can help countries develop.

It is quite rare for me to pick a book by its cover. This was one of those rare exceptions. Immediately after seeing the title and the cover art, I was interested. For an admirer of the long tradition of the west, it has been clear for a while that we have been walking in the dark. Most likely for this reason this book exerted a somewhat mysterious attraction on me – its aim is to bring back light. Needless to say, I started reading it barely a week after discovering it. Beyond Tenebrae is a fascinating tour of the intellectual edifice of Christian Humanism, with Mr. Birzer guiding the reader through the halls. After a concise but sufficient introduction of what the whole thing is about, defining the canons of the movement like Kirk did for conservatism, the author proceeds to demonstrate these ideas, how they came to be and their developments in the lives of individual persons, true masters and heirs of the Western tradition. Some praises go to famous figures, like Tolkien, Solzhenitsyn or Hayek, while others help readers rediscover forgotten names, like Paul More or Canon Bell. What follows are not only great introductions into the lives and thoughts of the 27 persons and groups of individuals selected, but also a true investigation of who they were as individuals: What motivated them, what filled their imaginations, and what laid deep in their souls. Thus, Birzer fits his own definition of a good biographer incredibly well, because he too understood what made these figures human. For those who think that the cure to our woes lies not on dehumanization, but civility, not on propaganda, but imagination, not on destruction, but conservation, and finally not on politics and power, but beauty and goodness, this book is for you.

Great book, exploring both the theories and models of entrepreneurial communities as well as providing valuable insights to help put them into practice. Definitively worth the read for enthusiasts of competitive governance and freedom in general.