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January 1990

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Keep Your Cool

The greenhouse effect is real, but that's no reason to throw out industrial civilization.

T.A. Heppenheimer

Features

Policy

Cultivating Independence

Farmers and government policy must both change if American agriculture is to escape the subsidy trap.

Karl Zinsmeister

Policy

The Ghost of Christmas Presents

Uncle Sam's protectionist spirit slimes holiday shoppers.

Charles Oliver

Books

Theory Meets Practice

Richard Marin

Roots of Environmentalism

William Dennis

Addicted to Government?

William Tucker

Capitalism and Community

Paul Heyne

Editorials

Gorbomania: The Sequel

Virginia Postrel

Politics

Disastrous Relief

Jacob Sullum

Obituaries

In Memoriam: Burton C. Gray

Robert Poole

Columns

Prosecution: Snaring the Chicago 46

Trader X

Washington: A Commons Problem

Eric Felten

Movies: Liberation Cinema

Robert Sirico

Roadwork: Private Extension

Peter Samuel

Over There: Back in the USSR

Deroy Murdock

The Lateral View: Who's the Boss?

David Brudnoy

Selected Skirmishes: Homelessness

The movie

Thomas W. Hazlett

Citings

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

Balance Sheet

Virginia Postrel

Policy

Revolting Developments

Jacob Sullum

Above the Law

Reason Staff

The Bailouts Continue…

Rick Henderson

Will the Wolf Survive?

Martin Wooster

Politics

Risky Business

Jacob Sullum

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

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