Infant Formula: WHO Mixes It Up
One ingredient has been missing from the infant formula controversy-attention to the facts.
Features
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.
A Walk on the Supply Side
What exactly is supply-side economics, anyway?
Supply-Side Success Stories
Far from being untried, supply-side economics has achieved considerable success around the world.
Gold Bug Gumbo
Mix a bushelful of investment advisors, add equal handfuls of inflationists and deflationists, and lace with a dash of humor. Serves thousands in New Orleans. A report on NCMR's 1980 recipe.
The New Money Market: Savers' Liberation
The banks don't like them, but the new money market instruments offer some of the best deals around.
Preparing for the Unpredicatble with a Personal Portfolio
An excerpt from the just-published book
Costa Rica: Still the "Switzerland of the Americas"?
With Nicaragua on one flank and Panama on the other, can Costa Rica be a safe haven for you or your money?
"Stamping" Out Inflation
Can pieces of paper issued by the government protect you from paper money?
Looking for a Silver Lining
Has silver finished its plunge?
Investment Advisors
When they're hot, they're hot, and when they're not they're not
Amtrak: Congress's Toy Trains
Like papas at Christmas time, the members of Congress love to give their district trains. The price tag? A cool billion dollars a year in taxpayers' money.
Dog Days for the Small Entrepreneur
When New York City inspector meets New York City vendor, all looks hopeless-until…
How Good Are the Arguments for Public Education?
Everyone has a right to an education.…Everyone benefits from children's education, so everyone should pay…Parents might neglect their responsibilities.…Well, let's see
Are Businesses Really Opposed to Big Government?
Actions speak louder than words
An Open Letter to President Reagan
The income tax, Mr. President, is the issue—not harassment by the tax police, not "bracket creep," not loopholes for the rich, but the very income tax itself.
Socialism…on the Street Where You Live
All across the country, the new "progressives" are taking steps to capture the cities' wealth
Dial D for Deregulation
The telephone monopoly is coming apart-and just about everyone stands to benefit.
Why the Conservatives Will Fail, If They Fail
A reply to George Will
The Plot to Take Over America's Railroads
There are powerful bureaucrats in Washington. There are master plans mapping out which railroads will live and die. There are innovators being kept from modernizing rail service. This is the saga of the Federal Railroad Administration.
Concealed Costs/Bloated Benefits
Your federal tax dollars at work
