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April 1982

Reason Magazine, April 1982 cover image
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Cover Story

Fighting With Failures

Why do faulty weapons still pass muster? The Pentagon cheats on the tests.

Dina Rasor

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Features

The Mint Strikes Out

Susan B. Anthony, the $2 bill, and other bureaucratic fiascos

Ray Young

Let Your Fingers Do the Talking

Peter Samuel

Chile's Economic Revolution

An eye-opening, first-hand look at the world's most radical attempt at economic decontrol

Claudia Rosett

High-Tech Freeze-Out

An R&D specialist tells how government policies make life tough for the independent innovator

D. Soergel

Culture & Reviews

Movies

Rollover; On Golden Pond

John Hospers

Language: Tongues of Ice

Richard Mitchell

Books

Love Letter to the IRS

Joan Taylor

A Hard Pill to Swallow

H. Frech

Foreign Folly

Christine Dorffi

Wrong about Rights

Eric Mack

Medical Mystery

Roger Firestone

Editorials

Stop This Stealing!

Tibor Machan

Columns

Notes

Robert Poole

Viewpoint: Hung Up for a Day

James Davidson

Health & Welfare: The Great Sugar Debate

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

Money: What to Do through '82

Steven Beckner

Spotlight: Ringleader of a Rider Revolt

Jewell Thompson

Patrick Cox

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole and Eric Marti

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

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