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May 1974

Reason magazine, May 1974 cover image
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Editorial Introduction

Robert Meier

Features

Gold: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Eugene Guccione

Silver: No Longer "Poor Man's Gold"

Henry Banzhaf

The Federal Reserve vs. Sound Money

Alden Wells

What You Should Know About Fiscal & Monetary Policy

Joe Cobb

The Coming Credit Collapse

Alexander Paris

How To Have Fun in a Bear Market

Thomas Holt

The Dow Theory Revisited

George Bishop

Cyclic Analysis

A dynamic new approach to technical analysis

James Hurst

The Coming Collapse in Real Estate

Edmund Contoski

Investing in Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds, & Diamonds

Bernard Zucker

What to Do About Taxes

James Davidson

The Time Machine

Harry Schultz

A Primer on Foreign Currency Trading

Lawrence Sarsoun

Foreign Tax Havens

Wainwright Dawson

The Periodic Gathering of the Faithful on Mount Aurum

Robert Meier

Interview

Gold Investments Today: An interview with Donald J. Hoppe

Robert Meier

Bullion and Numismatic Coins: An Interview with Walter Perschke

Robert Meier

Culture & Reviews

Movies

Charles Barr

Books

You Can Profit From a Monetary Crisis

E. Pastor

The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

Joe Cobb

Columns

Foreign Correspondent: Progress in Denmark

Anne Brincker

Science Fiction

Science Fiction: Behind the Curtain

John Pierce

Viewpoint: The Individual, the Government, and YAF

David Brudnoy

REASON Profile: Robert Meier

Lynn Kinsky

Libertarian Party

Frontlines

Lynn Kinsky

Publisher's Notes

Manuel Klausner

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

58 YEARS OF REASON

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