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January 1986

Reason Magazine, January 1986 cover image
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Buying Out of Socialism

The Thatcher administration has found a sure-fire way to reduce big government-sell it to the people.

Madsen Pirie

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Features

If the Founding Fathers Were Alive Today…

Jefferson, Madison, and Washington gave us our freedom and independence. Our supercomputer brings them back to life-but they don't like what they see.

David Hardy

Brother, Can you Spare a Sack of Money?

Ever pay 50,000 pesos for a candy bar? Bolivians did.

Julio Cole

Know Thy Worth

Wife left you? Boss fired you? Don't worry—some bureaucrat thinks you're worth a million bucks.

David Brooks

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The Drumbeat of Revolutionary Power

Karl Hess

Is Illiteracy an Establishment Conspiracy?

David Brudnoy

Making People Equal: Paradoxes Aplenty

John Hospers

Brief Reviews

Lynn Scarlett

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An American Alternative To Sanctions

Robert Poole

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Up Front: We Read You, REASON Readers

Marty Zupan

Taxes: Go for the Gray

Warren Salomon

Spotlight: Epicurean Entrepreneur

John Dentinger

Life & Liberty: Assault on the Passions

Tibor Machan

Viewpoint: If We're Serious About Weapons Waste…

Dina Rasor

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Robert Poole, Lucy Braun, Bill Kauffman, and Eric Marti

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Mark Edward Crane

50 YEARS OF REASON

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