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Ebenezer Scrooge and the Free Society

Self-interest and interest in others go together.

by Howard Baetjer, Jr.

The Freeman, December 1988, pp. 468-471

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    5. Communal vs. Private Property Rights by James D. Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup, pp. 58-59
    6. Ethics and Bottle Deposits by Richard R. Mayer, p. 60
    7. The Primacy of Freedom by Brian Summers, pp. 61-63
    8. Economic Power by Joseph S. Fulda, pp. 64-65
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    4. The Poor Among Us by Ruth Burke, pp. 97-98
    5. Man at His Best by Robin Lampson, pp. 99-102
    6. Libertarian Sympathies: Heart and Mind by Joseph S. Fulda, pp. 103-105
    7. The Minimum Wage-Good Intentions, Bad Results by Roger Koopman, pp. 106-107
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    3. Entrepreneurs and the State by Burt Folsom, pp. 133-135
    4. The Myth of Japanese Industrial Policy by C. Brandon Crocker, pp. 136-139
    5. Who Should Support the Arts? by Melvin D. Barger, pp. 140-145
    6. Public Funding for the Arts: Diamond or Daub? by Eugenie Dickerson, pp. 146-147
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    8. Some Thoughts on Discrimination by George C. Leef, pp. 149-153
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    3. Wage Earners and Employers by Ludwig Von Mises, pp. 172-173
    4. Democracy's Road to Tyranny by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, pp. 174-177
    5. Mom's Monopoly, Part II by Susan J. Osburn, pp. 178-179
    6. Caveat Emptor by Walter Block, pp. 180-181
    7. Vanishing Voluntarism by James L. Payne, pp. 182-183
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    10. Africa and the Difference Between Growing Food and Eating It by David Osterfeld, pp. 190-197
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    1. Ebenezer Scrooge and the Free Society by Howard Baetjer, Jr., pp. 468-471
    2. The Liberating Arts by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 472-479
    3. The Decline of Secondhand Bookstores by Herbert London, p. 480
    4. Origins of the German "Economic Miracle" by Robert A. Peterson, pp. 481-482
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    6. Peking Duck or Kentucky Fried? by Lawrence W. Reed, pp. 492-493
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