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July 1982

Reason magazine, July 1982 cover image
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The Viewer Is the Loser!

Cable technology promised a TV revolution, but politicians and monopolists prefer business as usual.

Thomas W. Hazlett

Features

Condo Conversions on the Carpet

Is condomania really to be feared? What happens when government limits conversions?

Jack Harris

Women's Worth

Is "comparable worth" good for women?

Peter Schwartz

Grazing for Dollars

A privatizing proposal that can reduce the budget deficit, too.

Steve H. Hanke

The Great Leap Downward

The Khmer Rouge took Marx, Lenin, and Mao to their logical conclusion in Cambodia-and the masses were brought down to a level of equal misery.

Thomas Magstadt

Culture & Reviews

Movies

John Hospers

The Gold'll Come Up Tomorrow

David Brudnoy

Books

Third World Shackles: Political or Cultural?

Ronald Nairn

A Cudgel for Cads and Quacks

Gregory McNamee

Why—and How—Women Should Be Free

Christopher Morris

Agriculture's Pest Is Politics

B. Gardner

Editorials

Free the Falklands

Manuel Klausner

Columns

Notes

Robert Poole and Marty Zupan

Viewpoint: Seeing Political Invisibles

James Davidson

Taxes: Tax Protest Blues

Timothy Condon

Health & Welfare: Sex Play

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

Spotlight: Nader Rater

Patrick Cox

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole and Paul Gordon

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

57 YEARS OF REASON

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