Panic to the People
Nitrites, cyclamates, 2,4,5-T…government creates needless fear when it jumps to conclusions.
Features
Dollars and Sense
It's time we invested in rethinking the regulation of banking.
Fighting With Failures
Why do faulty weapons still pass muster? The Pentagon cheats on the tests.
The Mint Strikes Out
Susan B. Anthony, the $2 bill, and other bureaucratic fiascos
Chile's Economic Revolution
An eye-opening, first-hand look at the world's most radical attempt at economic decontrol
High-Tech Freeze-Out
An R&D specialist tells how government policies make life tough for the independent innovator
Making Good(s) Behind Bars
Entrepreneurship threatened to rehabilitate Maine's prisoners—but the authorities couldn't handle it.
Facing Foreign Realities
A distinguished journalist calls for a reassessment of Reagan's foreign policy.
Vanishing Farmland
Are we paving over the breadbasket?
Privatize Those Lands!
A message to Sagebrush Rebels
Inside the CED
Tom Hayden and his Campaign for Economic Democracy are trying to pull the Democratic Party together again. What do they really want? And who's paying the bills?
Should We Spill Blood Over Oil?
"Defending our economic interests in the Middle East" has become a cornerstone of US foreign policy. A hard look at the facts indicates a new strategy.
The Corruption of Ideas
Some thoughts on Soviet "democracy" and other pernicious ways with words.
Which Way Norway?
REASON's Norwegian correspondent reports on disillusionment with the welfare state.
Stormy Weatherization
Billed as models for the rest of the nation, mandatory insulation programs in Oregon are models of special-interest politicking.
Mom and Pop and Uncle Sam
The federal government goes to great lengths to support small businesses. But for many firms, a deal with the GSA could be the last they ever make.
What Went Down When Silver Went Up
While people were rushing to sell the family silver and standing in line with bags of coins, forces greater than the Hunt brothers were curbing the little guys' profits.
Spreading Wings Across America
Thanks to airline deregulation, small towns have more air service than ever before.
Diplomatic Delusions
A leading Soviet dissident unmasks the hypocrisy of Helsinki
The Facts Be Damned!
The creationists claim to be scientific. But REASON's investigation exposes their subordination of truth to religious dogma.
What's Good for America Is Good for the Army
What should Congress do about the draft? Here's how to build a superior military relying on traditional American principles of freedom.
Regulation Retread
The Reagan administration throws trucking deregulation into reverse.
Infant Formula: WHO Mixes It Up
One ingredient has been missing from the infant formula controversy-attention to the facts.
The Second Space Race
Entrepreneurs are gearing up to challenge NASA's monopoly on space transportation. But they won't get off the ground unless the government makes some tough decisions soon.
When Everything's Private…
The New York Times complains about letting private groups take over jobs…and an urban analyst replies.
Is the Sun Setting on the American Dream?
90% of California's renters are now frozen out of the housing market. It could happen in your state too-unless the causes are understood.
Why Shoot J.R.?
From Midas to Shylock to J.R., artists and writers have portrayed businessmen as bad guys. A Hollywood screenwriter asks why this picture is appealing.
How Sunkist Put the Squeeze on the FTC
When oranges were dumped by the truckload in California last spring, accusing fingers were pointed at Sunkist, monopolist of the western citrus market. How does Sunkist maintain its monopoly? Public records and personal interviews tell the story.
Inside Cuba Today (1981)
REASON's editor takes a first-hand look at Castro's workers' paradise.
Remembering von Mises
Centennial kudos for a path-breaking economist
It's a Company Town
Politics is the business of Washington-and lobbyists are the city's peddlars
Bomb Throwing in Britain: Why?
REASON's correspondent reports from the front line
Gambling on Truth
Joan Bowden told her bosses about waste, fraud, and abuse in a "model" CETA program. Regulations to protect whistle-blowers didn't help her at all.
Two Utilities Are Better Than One
In Lubbock, Texas, two electric utilities are competing for people's business. How does it work? Could competition be the answer to rising electric bills? answer to rising electric bills?
Containing Nuclear Waste
Safe disposal of radioactive waste is often called the Achilles' heel of nuclear power. How far along are we on the road to solving this problem?
A Calm Look at Abortion Arguments
Legislation relating to abortion must hinge on the question: When does the right to life begin?
Let Them Eat Socialism
A report on Mitterrand's election from REASON's correspondent in France
Going for Solid Gold
Momentum is building to get America back on a gold standard. Now the issue is, Which kind of gold standard?
They're Finally Doing Something About the Weather!
"They," of course, are the folks in Washington
Getting Street-Wise in St. Louis
Want to slash crime rates and revive declining neighborhoods? And do it without spending a cent of tax money? Try the St. Louis Solution.
Impressions of Guatemala
Bullet-proof cars, indiscriminate violence, and cocktail parties—a first-hand look at one of Central America's trouble spots
NASA Flimflams Congress
NASA's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Congress nixed it, Proxmire fleeced it, but REASON's reporter discovered SETI still exists-it's just gone underground.
Low-Power to the People
The legalization of low-power television promises to bring you a wide choice in TV viewing.
Handicapping an Innovator
New Jersey's state government and the medical establishment take on a maverick rehabilitation expert. The losers? Handicapped people.
Saving the Wilderness: A Radical Proposal
Will the need for strategic minerals spell the death of America's wilderness? Environmentalists think so-and defense-minded congressmen are reinforcing those fears. But there is a way to have our minerals and keep our wilderness too.
Kept Critics
Did you know that your tax dollars are funding lobbyists for increased government regulation?
What Can Be Said for Nine Digits? Zip!
Zip. Zero. Zilch. The zenith of zaniness.
