Reason Magazine - August/September 1997

Money Walks

Why campaign contributions aren't as corrupting as you think John J. Pitney, Jr.
Environmental Injustice

How green ideology denies poor blacks good jobs Henry Payne
Retro Style

Redefining yesterday's green light as red Walter Olson
Taxing Times

Squabbling between flat taxers and sales taxers could allow the Internal Revenue Code to escape unscathed. Daniel J. Mitchell
Courting Trouble

Congress would rather complain about life-tenured federal judges than make recalcitrant bureaucrats enforce the law. Michael W. Lynch
Cash Money

How consumer activists sabotage ATM customers Thomas W. Hazlett

Thy Neighbor's Keeper

Can private charities replace tax-funded welfare? A program in one Maryland county suggests the challenges facing church-based efforts to help welfae mothers become self-sufficient. Amy Sherman
Polluted Science

New air pollution regulations based on questionable science and creative economic analysis could cost billions and change the way Americans mow their lawns, heat their homes, clean their clothes, and barbecue their burgers. Can Congress stop this regulato Michael Fumento
The Embarassment of Riches

For today's independent artists, integrity can be financially rewarding. Can punk rock and alternative comics make peace with entrepreneurial capitalism? Brian Doherty

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