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May 1987

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Real Life Behind China's Changes

They read Time, listen to rock 'n' roll, and shop at private markets. But they live without heat in the winter, put up with bicycles that fall apart, and know that the Cultural Revolution may return…Observations from year in Deng's China.

Burton Abrams

Features

Feminism

'Remember the Ladies'

Constitution Series 1787-1987: The Constitution and the evolution of women's rights

Joan Taylor

The Shock of Taxes

A very expensive lecture for an innocent millionaire: An excerpt from a great novel about America today.

Reason Staff

Books

Truth and Consequences

Tim Ferguson

Ma Bell's Disconnect

Thomas W. Hazlett

Building the Rights Road to Liberty

Loren Lomasky

Editorials

Let Takeovers Take Over

Virginia Postrel

Columns

Upfront: Debating Defense, Defending Debate

Robert Poole

Investments: Get Rich Quick? Hah!

Mark Skousen

Spotlight: The Bridge from Texas to the Stars

John Dentinger

Life & Liberty: Of Mermaids and Magnificence

John Silber

Viewpoint: Making the World Safe For Harley-Davidson

Bruce Bartlett

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole, Lucy Braun, Bill Kauffman, and Virginia Postrel

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

57 YEARS OF REASON

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