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America at Her Best

Signs of a return to freedom cross the land.

by Joseph S. Fulda

The Freeman, November 1981, pp. 667-670

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    1. Buy American! by Gary North, pp. 3-9
    2. The Basic Law by Ralph Bradford, pp. 10-13
    3. Nineteenth-Century America-Our Legacy of Prosperity by John A. Sparks, pp. 14-19
    4. The Person and His Society by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 20-29
    5. The Business Bogy by John K. Williams, pp. 30-35
    6. Freedom or Power? by Brian Summers, pp. 36-44
    7. On Usury Laws by Wm. Cullen Bryant, pp. 45-46
    8. Unions as an Established Religion by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 47-59
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    2. Standards of Living Are Falling by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 79-84
    3. The Case for Economic Freedom by Benjamin A. Rogge, pp. 85-93
    4. In Defense of Millionaires by William H. Peterson, pp. 94-96
    5. The Impossible Task of the Fed by Ernie Ross, pp. 97-102
    6. The Impact of Unionism by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 103-115
    7. Freedom of Conscience by Thomas Jefferson, pp. 116-117
    8. The Economics and Politics of Discrimination by George C. Leef, pp. 118-123
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    March 1981 Issue = 12 Articles
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    2. ...To Pay Paul by Leland Browne, Jr., pp. 139-142
    3. The Anti-Consumer Lobby by Gary McGath, pp. 143-147
    4. The Dogma of Our Times by Frank Chodorov, pp. 148-152
    5. The Assault on Free Choice by Roger Ream, pp. 153-156
    6. Planning for an Emergency-Let the Market Work! by Joe Cobb, pp. 157-160
    7. Reasserting the Spirit of '76 by W.H. Hillendahl, pp. 161-174
    8. Self-Interest at Work by Dale Haywood, pp. 175-180
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    April 1981 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Energy Ethics: A Positive Response by James A. Weber, pp. 195-201
    2. When Water Is Scarce by Henry Hazlitt, p. 202
    3. Reformer Watching by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 203-206
    4. Freedom and "Social-Democracy" by Earl P. Holt III, pp. 207-209
    5. Seven Fallacies of Economics by Lawrence W. Reed, pp. 210-213
    6. Scalping and Envy by Gary North, pp. 214-215
    7. The Past as Prologue by Paul L. Poirot, p. 216
    8. Welfare States at War by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 217-222
    9. Do Antitrust Laws Preserve Competition? by Sylvester Petro, pp. 223-224
    10. Cutting the Budget by Dennis Bechara, pp. 225-228
    11. Teachings of Soviet Experience by Mark Hendrickson, pp. 229-231
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    2. Natural Law and the American Tradition by Davis E. Keeler, pp. 272-274
    3. Utopia Lost: A Refutation of Human Responsibility by William M. Manoogian, pp. 275-284
    4. Help Wanted: Laborers by Dennis L. Peterson, pp. 285-287
    5. De-Industrializing the Future by Joseph P. Martino, pp. 288-297
    6. "Planning" vs. the Free Market by Henry Hazlitt, pp. 298-306
    7. Adversary Unionism by John O. Nelson, pp. 307-314
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    2. Signs of the Times by Fred DeArmond, pp. 331-334
    3. Government Intervention Creates Chaos, Not Jobs by Donald J. Senese, pp. 335-343
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    5. Economy in Government, Jeffersonian Style by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 346-356
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    7. Virginia Bill of Rights, pp. 410-412
    8. Declaration of Independence, pp. 413-417
    9. The Constitution of the United States, pp. 418-428
    10. The First Ten Amendments, pp. 429-430
    11. Washington's Farewell Address, pp. 431-445
    12. Constitutional Government-Additional Readings, pp. 446-448
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    2. Why Right Does Not Triumph by Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., pp. 456-466
    3. The Seen vs. the Unseen: A Modern Example by John Semmens, pp. 467-469
    4. Zoning: A Tragic Public Policy by Walter Block, pp. 470-477
    5. What Causes Wealth? by Roger Ream, pp. 478-484
    6. Paternalism and Charity in a Free Society by Esler G. Heller, pp. 485-488
    7. Missing Chapters from American History by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 489-498
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    1. The Practice of Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, pp. 515-517
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    2. Essential Air Service Subsidies: Just Plane Foolish by John Semmens, pp. 587-589
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    2. Incentives and Income Taxes by Russell Shannon, pp. 653-656
    3. C. S. Lewis on Compelling People to Do Good by Clarence B. Carson, pp. 657-666
    4. America at Her Best by Joseph S. Fulda, pp. 667-670
    5. Conflict in Canada by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 671-680
    6. What's Your Problem? by Brian Summers, p. 681
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    2. Contraction of State Must Be Common Goal by Kenneth McDonald, pp. 714-716
    3. The Benefits of Speculation by Walter Block, pp. 717-722
    4. The Road to Ruin by John Semmens, pp. 723-729
    5. Progress Is Difference by George C. Leef, pp. 730-733
    6. George Mason: Father of the Bill of Rights by Raymond Polin, pp. 734-739
    7. Perspectives on Religion and Capitalism by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 740-752
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