Mister Ed Goes to Washington
What sort of politician do voters prefer-laid-back media stars or publicity-shy hard workers? New York Mayor Ed Koch's record as congressman yields the answer.
Features
The True Mothers of Feminism
Angelina and Sarah Grimké and America's other early defenders of woman's rights would have little in common with today's mainstream feminists.
No-Code Comfort
Safe and sound housing at a lower cost-that's what Houston-area home buyers are getting without building codes.
Fair Weather
Government weather reporting soaks taxpayers to shower benefits on special interests.
Next Stop: Solvency
The New York subways don't really need government subsidies-so says a little-noticed MTA study. And that means they really could be sold off.
Balancing Act
Is a constitutional amendment the way to limit runaway taxing and spending?
Make Hay with High-Tech
The darling one-product company of today can suddenly find it has a new competitor with a far-superior product line.
Ride High with Inflation
The primary trend is increasing inflation at least through the end of 1986, peaking perhaps at an annual rate of 25 percent by that time.
Beware These Gold & Silver Myths
Watch out for some common fallacies about the precious metals
Mine the Metals Market
Exploit the profits that lie in indium, rhenium, germanium, and other strategic metals
How to Invest a Windfall
A strategy for getting the most from a single lump sum
Towering Entrepreneurs
What happens when private firms run air traffic control towers?
Profits with Honor
Capitalism delivers the goods…but is capitalism good?
Conservation In Deed
Saving the environment through ownership
Psychiatric Self-Defense
A new kind of "living will" would protect people from involuntary psychiatric intervention
Supply-Side Boom
The long-awaited tax cut is fueling the recovery-but dangers still lurk.
Looking Back: A REASON Retrospective
From issues covered to people published, highlights from 164 REASONs
Home Schooling: Up from Underground
Parents who want to teach their kids at home are increasingly winning court battles and organizing self-help networks.
Shalt Thou Bear Faceless Witness?
Crime Stoppers programs work, but they raise some troubling issues.
Arabian Nightmare
The government is quietly preparing to go to war to save OPEC.
Hostage Factories
The hidden costs of plant closing laws
Losing Ground in Oregon
Despite widespread dissatisfaction with it, the nation's toughest land-use control law keeps surviving challenges.
Feet to the Fire
What happens when a private fire company fails to satisfy its customers?
The Welfare State Will Wither Away
The supposed beneficiaries of the modern welfare state are increasingly disgruntled. A director of London's Institute for Economic Affairs reports on the forces that, he predicts, will bring about fundamental change.
When the Smoke Clears
For nearly eight years Alaska has been the only state where the use of marijuana is legal. it's time to take a look at the consequences.
Lemon Aid
Debunking the case for the Chrysler bailout
Cutting the Umbilical Cord
Can family planning clinics survive without government funding?
The Turkey Ballot
Giving voters a choice when the choices are turkeys
Margaret Goes to Market
Large chunks of Britain's corporate state are being returned to the private sector.
Eco-Terrorism
Environmental extremists have declared guerrilla war on resource developers…and the environmental mainstream stands by silently.
Double Dealing
US companies are selling high-tech goods to the Soviet military…and weapons to the US government. No wonder they object to government control of strategic trade.
Subverting the First Amendment
You thought the press was controlled only in banana republics? Guess again. Mr. Jefferson, meet the SEC.
Honest Money
Why we need a gold guarantee
Have Yourself a Commercial Little Christmas
Roll in the cardboard Santas, the advertisers' hype, and the jingling cash registers. It all carries a message for freedom lovers. Or: an unorthodox celebration of Christmas commercialism.
Vroom to Grow
Why are some cities in decline while others are prospering? The answer may have a lot to do with automobiles.
Self-Help Housing
As the feds cut back, neighborhood enterprises like this 10-year-old one in Pittsburgh are getting a chance to show what they can do.
The Free Marketeers
Optimists prevailed at the 1982 meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society.
Using "Racism" with Discrimination
A noted economist challenges common misconceptions in this excerpt from his forthcoming book, The State Against Blacks.
The Missionary's Position on Sex
The New Right's political strategy is energized by The Big Issue.
Cops, Inc.
The experiences of several small towns have proved that even police services can be privatized.
The Cost of Communism
With all the troubles afflicting the US economy, American workers may not realize how well they're doing compared to their counterparts in "the workers' paradise."
Inheriting the Earth
Will our descendants inherit a world depleted of resources and plagued by our wastes?
Gun Control: Arm Yourself with Evidence
Who's right-the gun lobby or the gun control lobby? Most of what we hear is rhetoric, but there's now a whole body of data on the effects of controlling gun ownership.
The Secrecy Charade
A long-time researcher on top-secret projects reveals why our secrecy system doesn't work.
The Victims of "Dick and Jane"
For 60 years the "look-say" method of teaching reading has dominated our schools. Why does it remain firmly entrenched even though it doesn't work?
Sink the Floating OPEC
Do we really want an international cartel with a stranglehold on oceanbed resources?
Football Slaves
Can a football team be expropriated by a city under the government's power of eminent domain? Life is stranger than fiction.
Free-Lance Transit
What do Third World cities have that ours don't? Flexible, low-cost transportation. The surprise is how they do it.
