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April 1981

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Socialism...on the Street Where You Live

All across the country, the new "progressives" are taking steps to capture the cities' wealth

Paul Ciotti

Features

Can the Poles Prevail?

Bill Evers

Dial D for Deregulation

The telephone monopoly is coming apart-and just about everyone stands to benefit.

William Bahr

Why the Conservatives Will Fail, If They Fail

A reply to George Will

Robert Lee

Interview

REASON Interview: Arthur Laffer

A California economist talks about his curve, his critics, his case, and his conversion.

Thomas W. Hazlett

Culture & Reviews

Movies

The Formula; Stir Crazy; The Man with Bogart's Face; Scanners

John Hospers

Language: Yet Another Four More Years

Richard Mitchell

Books

What a Bureaucrat's Really Like

Lester Hunt

Snow's Last Tale

Paul Hornak

Simonize Your Language!

James Chesher

Soviet Realism

Michael Dunn

Laying Away for a Rainy Day

Mark Skousen

Editorials

USSR: The Crumbling of an Empire

Robert Poole

Columns

Editor's Notes

Robert Poole

Viewpoint: Political Capitalists

James Davidson

Health & Welfare: Helplessness, Self-Esteem, and Sudden Death

Sandy Shaw and Durk Pearson

Money: Stock Bust

Steven Beckner

Spotlight: Fugitive from Utopia

Bertil Sagermark

Patrick Cox

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole and Christine Dorffi

Letters

Letters

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