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# Fall 2018 

Vol. 38 No. 3 

Edited by [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

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##### Articles 

#### [American Constitutional Theory and History: Implications for European Constitutionalism ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/american-constitutional-theory-history-implications-european)

By [Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon) 

This is a lightly revised keynote address delivered in Rome, Italy, on December 22, 2017, at a symposium conducted under the patronage of the President of the Republic to mark the 70th anniversary of the Italian Constitution. Introductory material has been removed and limited citations added. I want to thank Senator Giorgio Benvenuto and Professor Luigi Troiani of the Pietro Nenni Foundation for their generous support of this symposium.

#### [Bauer on Culture and the Great Enrichment ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/bauer-culture-great-enrichment)

By [Deirdre N. McCloskey](https://www.cato.org/people/deirdre-n-mccloskey) 

#### [Peter Bauer Was Not a Cultural Pessimist: Comment on McCloskey ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/peter-bauer-was-not-cultural-pessimist-comment-mccloskey)

By [Ian Vásquez](https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez) 

#### [P. T. Bauer and the Myth of Primitive Accumulation ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/p-t-bauer-myth-primitive-accumulation)

By [Alberto Mingardi](https://www.cato.org/people/alberto-mingardi) 

#### [Determining State Preferences for the Electoral College: 1788–2016 ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/determining-state-preferences-electoral-college-1788-2016)

By Paul E. Godek 

#### [The Apotheosis of the Rentier: How Napoleonic War Finance Kick-Started the Industrial Revolution ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/apotheosis-rentier-how-napoleonic-war-finance-kick-started-industrial)

By Martin Hutchinson and [Kevin Dowd](https://www.cato.org/people/kevin-dowd) 

#### [Untangling Hair Braider Deregulation in Virginia ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/untangling-hair-braider-deregulation-virginia)

By Edward J. Timmons and Catherine Konieczny 

#### [Restoring the Rule of Law in Financial Regulation ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/restoring-rule-law-financial-regulation)

By Charles Calomiris 

#### [Leland B. Yeager: Market Grandmaster ](/cato-journal/fall-2018/leland-b-yeager-market-grandmaster)

By [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

##### Book Reviews 

##### [*American Default: The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold* by Sebastian Edwards](/cato-journal/fall-2018/american-default-untold-story-fdr-supreme-court-battle-over-gold-sebastian)

By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr. 

##### [*The Virtue of Nationalism* by Yoram Hazony](/cato-journal/fall-2018/virtue-nationalism-yoram-hazony)

By [Alberto Mingardi](https://www.cato.org/people/alberto-mingardi) 

##### [*Redesigning Democracy: More Ideas for Better Rules* by Hans Gersbach](/cato-journal/fall-2018/redesigning-democracy-more-ideas-better-rules-hans-gersbach)

By Peter Bernholz 

##### [*Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy* by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake](/cato-journal/fall-2018/capitalism-without-capital-rise-intangible-economy-jonathan-haskel-stian)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [*The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking* by Saifedean Ammous](/cato-journal/fall-2018/bitcoin-standard-decentralized-alternative-central-banking-saifedean-ammous)

By Tyler Whirty 

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