Lemon Aid
Debunking the case for the Chrysler bailout
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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.
Up Against the Birth Monopoly
Home births are catching on, but the medical establishment seems determined to outlaw midwives.
Rent Control: Blame the Conservatives
The right blames the left for laws that ignore property rights, but skeletons in their own closet opened the door.
The Philosocrats Are Coming! The Philosocrats Are Coming!
A new generation of philosopher-bureaucrats is being trained to think up new rationales for government meddling
Where to Go with NATO
An open letter from an American to Helmut Schmidt
Lettuce and Sex
The same people who boycott farm produce can't take the New Right's boycott of "Three's Company."
Don't Plan to Die
How much do you really know about nuclear war?
Benito and Franklin
There were striking parallels between the economic programs of Mussolini and FDR. Were they coincidental?
Star Laws
It won't be long till people are living and working in space but existing space law makes short shrift of human rights.
The Battle of Back Creek
The big guys wanted a piece of the water taxi business…but they wouldn't fight fair.
The Viewer Is the Loser!
Cable technology promised a TV revolution, but politicians and monopolists prefer business as usual.
Condo Conversions on the Carpet
Is condomania really to be feared? What happens when government limits conversions?
Women's Worth
Is "comparable worth" good for women?
Grazing for Dollars
A privatizing proposal that can reduce the budget deficit, too.
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.
Billions Down the Drain
Why Californians are squandering their most precious resource.
Cynics and Cheats
What's happened to Sweden under socialism
Collision Course
The next time two planes collide in midair, it could be because the FAA shot down a privately developed collision avoidance system.
Supply-Side Investing
Get ready for a high-tech future
What to Buy in the Coming Depression
A speculator's guide to profiting from the crash
The Golden Rule of Interest Rates
What can the yellow metal tell you about the price of money?
The Worldly Investor
Ignoring borders increases your options
How Do You Spell Relief? I-R-A
At last: a solution to Social Security on the horizon
Unload the Subways
Taxpayers' billions haven't saved the nation's greatest subway from crime, filth, and deterioration. A noted economist offers New York City a radical solution.
After the Budget Axe Falls
Can the arts, education, job training, science, and aid for the poor survive government cutbacks? Tax credits for charity could be the key.
Fighting Back—In Triplicate
One man's battle with the bureaucracy
