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March 1989

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Capital Flight

The hidden power of technology to shrink big government

Richard McKenzie

Features

Political Science

Pork invades the lab

Joseph P. Martino

Our Secret Desires

Why we end up with trade barriers

Frederic Bastiat

Symposiums

Strategies for the '90s

Eric Garris, Richard Dennis, and David Nolan

Books

Remedy for Doomsayer Blues

Ronald Bailey

Thumbs Down on the Reagan Years

Tim Ferguson

Book Hints

Lynn Scarlett

Pacifism Without Principles

Robert Nisbet

Yeah, It's Just Like That

Lynn Scarlett

Where Are the Faint-Hearted Cravens?

Patrick Cox

Editorials

Sell Those Bases!

Robert Poole

The Farm Barrier

Marty Zupan

Classless Classrooms

Virginia Postrel

No Parking

Craig Collins

Columns

Mexico: A Harvard Man Takes Charge

Julio Marquez

Foreigners: Investing in America's Future

Charles Oliver

South Africa

South Africa: A Lot of '50s in the '80s

Robert Poole

Geography: Pandas in Panama

Richard Mitchell

Life & Liberty: Wright and Wrong Ideas

John Gillis

Citings

Balance Sheet

Virginia Postrel

Frugality, Government-Style

Reason Staff

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Presumed Guilty

Craig Collins

Shadow of Truth Faces Consequences

Probir Sarkar

Environmentalism Corners the Market

John Hood

Left Standing at the Courthouse

John Hood

Aiding AIDS Patients

Charles Oliver

Next Step for Free Trade?

Charles Oliver

Artistic Licenses

Craig Collins

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

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