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December 2011
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Editor's Note
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Bailouts for Me, but Not for Thee
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators advocate policies that helped create the mess they’re protesting.
Contributors
Letters
Citings (expand) (collapse)
Columns
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Why Does Keynesian Success Feel Like Failure?
The most terrible thing about the bailouts is that they worked.
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China Derangement Syndrome
Once again, an economic yellow peril is exaggerated.
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Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
Republican presidential contenders scare seniors with some simple truths.
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Road to Nowhere
We cannot dig, build, or pave our way out of economic malaise.
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Twelve Apathetic Men
Why no wants to get convicted of jury duty.
Features
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‘We Don’t Face Any Good Options’
Nobel Prize–winning economist Vernon Smith on the financial crisis, Adam Smith’s underrated insights, and his journey from socialist to libertarian
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Two Decades of Peace, Love, and Marijuana
Every August since 1991, Seattle Hempfest has shown what the world will be like when pot is legal.
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China’s Black Market City
Welcome to Wenzhou, where the mountains are high, the emperor is far away, and people are busy creating their own economic miracle.
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Survey Says: Keynes Is Dead
A new Reason-Rupe poll finds that Americans are willing to cut spending of all kinds, even in times of crisis.
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Rick Steves: ‘I Just Do What I Think Is True’
Rick Steves is a best-selling travel writer, tour guide, and host of the popular PBS show Rick Steves’ Europe.
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Dennis Kucinich: ‘The American People Are Mature Enough to Make Their Own Choices’
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is an eight-term congressman, two-time presidential candidate, former mayor of Cleveland, and indefatigable opponent of wars both foreign and domestic.
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Dale Gieringer: ‘I Do Not Expect Legalization to Be on the Ballot in 2012 in California’
Dale Gieringer, the California coordinator of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), was involved in the campaign for Proposition 19, the state’s landmark but losing 2010 legalization initiative.
Culture & Reviews
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Superheroes ’R’ Us
We’re all supergods now.
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Terror Fairy Tales
A new book preaches to the choir on civil liberties, but it’s a heck of a sermon.
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The Affordable Housing Scam
Raking over the politicians, regulators, brokers, and bankers who caused the financial crisis
Briefly Noted
Artifact
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Gamers Help Fight AIDS
Online players solve a tough problem that had scientists stumped for a decade.