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August/September 1990

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Autonomy

The liberating benefits of a safer, cleaner, and more mobile society

Fred Smith

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Features

Trapped Inside the Safety Belt

How political pressures, media hype, and special-interest lobbying drive auto regulators.

Thomas Holt

Going Mobile

On-road emissions tests promise a cheap and effective way to clean up auto pollution.

Rick Henderson

Electric Avenue

New technologies could allow roads to carry more traffic with less pollution

T.A. Heppenheimer

Books

Plan of La Mancha

William Tucker

Beware the Cure

Bruce Alexander

Grab a Whip and a Chair

Steven Hayward

The Dukes of Moral Hazard

John Fund

Cocaine Blues

Ted Carpenter

Brief Review

Thomas Moore

Editorials

Democracy Blues

Virginia Postrel

The Fourth 'R'

Jacob Sullum

Suicide Solution

Charles Oliver

The Misha and Boris Show

Rick Henderson

Columns

Takeovers: Massachusetts Mischief

Jeff Jacoby

Healthcare: Spare Parts

Ronald Bailey

Gun Control: In the Heat of the Moment

James Wright

Magazines: The War Over the War

Martin Wooster

Selected Skirmishes: Racism, Pro and Con

Thomas W. Hazlett

Citings

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson

Illegal Practice

Jacob Sullum

A Penny Saved

Martin Wooster

The One-Percent Solution

Jacob Sullum

Casting the First Stone

Charles Oliver

Sorry, Charley

Jacob Sullum

ET, Phone Home

Rick Henderson

Bungle in the Jungle

Charles Oliver

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Brickbats

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

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