Up Against the Birth Monopoly
Home births are catching on, but the medical establishment seems determined to outlaw midwives.
Features
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
Panic to the People
Nitrites, cyclamates, 2,4,5-T…government creates needless fear when it jumps to conclusions.
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.
