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January 1993

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The Medicare Monster

A cautionary tale

Steven Hayward and Erik Peterson

Features

Politics

Reaping the Whirlwind

Hurricane Andrew was a godsend for politicians. The last thing they want is a premature recovery.

Glenn Garvin

Policy

No Pain, No Gain?

Why worker's comp is out of control

Charles Oliver

Books

Paglia's Personae

Cathy Young

Politics

Giants and Pygmies

Paul Weaver

A Little Science

Jonathan Rauch

Choices, Public and Private

David R. Henderson

Editorials

Lost Causes

Virginia Postrel

Reagan's Fourth Term

Rick Henderson

Columns

A Crazy Man's Utopia: Capitalist Running Duck

Todd Seavey

Trade: The Decay of Democracy

Brian Doherty

Cities: Services for Sale

Jonathan Marshall

Politics

Science: The Fossil Gestapo

Jonathan Karl

Magazines: The Post-Soviet Sphere

Martin Wooster

George H.W. Bush

Selected Skirmishes: Out of the Bush

Thomas W. Hazlett

Citings

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson

For the Record

Jacob Sullum

The Fat Got Fatter?

Reason Staff

Wild at Heart

Rick Henderson

Greengate

Charles Oliver

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

58 YEARS OF REASON

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