Book Reviews and Notices : Economic Security and Individual Freedom: Can We Have Both? BY ALBERT LAUTERBACH. (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. 1948. Pp. iv, 178. $2.50.)

• Author: F.L. Nussbaum
• Published date: 01 September 1949
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294900200326
• Date: 01 September 1949
• Subject Matter: Articles

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As with most books of this variety the author has a burden to carry.
It is the need for an internationalism to take the place of our present
nationalism. At the same time he carries the torch for socialism in the
sense that Gandhi expressed himself to be a socialist. One is led to believe
because of his condemnation that the concept of nationalism is bad. Yet
nationalism need not be evil. The psychologist treats psychotic manifes-
tations of daydreaming. Everyone daydreams, but not everyone is psycho-
tic. Not every manifestation of nationalism is psychotic. Perhaps we need
a new term to identify the extreme manifestations of nationalism which
are detrimental to world peace and security.
ELLSWORTH E. WEAVER.
University of Utah
Economic Security and Individual Freedom: Can We Have Both? BY
ALBERT LAUTERBACH. (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
1948. Pp. iv, 178. $2.50.)
This stimulating little book serves very well as a semantic organi-
zation of the issues that arise as the &dquo;welfare state&dquo; evolves. Lauterbach
demonstrates the bankruptcy of laissez-faire even in the home of those
who use its catchwords. The totalitarian solution, of course, falls an
easy victim to his examination. He does not, indeed, meet head-on the
question whether a humane totalitarianism could be achieved or be
effective. But granted the disaster which overcame German and Italian
totalitarianism, it is impossible to reject his central idea: &dquo;There is no
greater enemy of freedom today than mass insecurity. There is no greater
enemy of peace today than mass insecurity.&dquo; From this starting point,
Lauterbach’s question becomes, &dquo;Can a general economic plan allow lee-
way for individual initiative.&dquo; It depends, says Lauterbach, on the type of
planning and on the methods used. Regardless of the value of his con-
clusions, his eight classes of planning types and seven classes of methods
have a considerable semantic and pedagogical value. He comes to a
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