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Economic Freedom and Interventionism, by Ludwig Von Mises

by William H. Peterson

The Freeman, January 1991, p. 35

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    January 1991 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. 80 Million Volunteers, But Where Are the Voluntarists? by James L. Payne, pp. 4-5
    2. A Closer Look at the Debt and Deficit by Robert Higgs, pp. 6-8
    3. Politics, Economics, and the Destructiveness of Deficits by Dwight R. Lee and Cynthia D. Lee, pp. 9-12
    4. The Idealist in the Young Communist League by Arnold Berwick, pp. 13-17
    5. Modernization and Central Planning by E.C. Pasour, Jr., pp. 18-21
    6. A Note on Converting the Ruble by Gary Wolfram, pp. 22-23
    7. "To Further Free Trade Principles": Origins of the Economist by Nicholas Elliott, pp. 24-26
    8. Exporting Taxes Threatens State Economies by John Semmens, pp. 27-28
    9. Children's Television Shouldn't Be Regulated by T. Franklin Harris, Jr., pp. 29-30
    10. Calling the Bluff: Reflections on Liar's Poker by Katherine M. Boudreaux, pp. 31-34
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      Books Reviews by William H. Peterson, p. 35 - 3 Reviews
      1. Economic Freedom and Interventionism by Ludwig Von Mises
      2. Invisible Victims by Frederick R. Lynch
      3. Ecology in the Twentieth Century by Anna Bramwell
    12. Invisible Victims by Frederick R. Lynch, p. 35
    13. Ecology in the 20th Century by Anna Bramwell, pp. 35-40
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    February 1991 Issue = 9 Articles
    1. Freedom of the (Printing) Press by Michael L. Coulter, pp. 44-45
    2. Resurfacing the Road to Serfdom by Susan Marie Szasz, pp. 46-49
    3. Lessons from the Road: The Evolution of an Eatery by John Baden and Ramona Marotz-Baden, pp. 50-51
    4. The 1946 Voter Revolt Against Government Regulation by Gary M. Anderson, pp. 52-56
    5. Wilhelm Von Humboldt: German Classical Liberal by Richard Miniter, pp. 57-60
    6. The Growth of Privatized Policing by Nicholas Elliott, pp. 61-63
    7. Did Horvat Answer Hayek? The Crisis of Yugoslav Self-Management by David L. Prychitko, pp. 64-70
    8. The Charade of Participatory Democracy by Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., pp. 71-75
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      Book Reviews by John Chamberlain, pp. 76-80 - 3 Reviews
      1. Population Matters by Julian L. Simon
      2. Economics on Trial by Mark Skousen
      3. Ideas, Interests and Consequences by Andrew Gamble
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    March 1991 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Terrible D-Word by Donald G. Smith, pp. 84-85
    2. A Chat With a Mass-Man by Michael Reed, pp. 86-87
    3. State Subsidy to Private Schools: A Case History of Destruction by John Chodes, pp. 88-92
    4. Unions Drop Their Mask by Charles W. Baird, pp. 93-95
    5. Old Letters and Old Buildings by Walter Block, p. 96
    6. Ecology, Socialism, and Capitalism by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 97-98
    7. The End of Communism by David Glasner, pp. 99-106
    8. Why Communism Failed by Bettina Bien Greaves, pp. 107-108
    9. Foreign Investment Helps Americans by Cecil E. Bohanon and T. Norman Van Cott, pp. 109-110
    10. Term-Of-Office Limits Won't Reduce Government Abuse by Gary M. Galles, pp. 111-112
    11. Economic Development or Economic Disaster? by Bill Anderson, pp. 113-115
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      Book Reviews by John Chamberlain, pp. 116-120 - 4 Reviews
      1. Dubcek by William Shawcross
      2. The Politics of Rich and Poor by Kevin P. Phillips
      3. Agriculture and the State by E.C. Pasour, Jr.
      4. Market Socialism by Anthony de Jasay
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    April 1991 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Learning Not to Love Revolution by George Friedman, pp. 124-127
    2. Albania: Europe's Last Marxist Holdout, pp. 128-131
    3. Do Wars Cure Ailing Economies? by Mark Ahlseen, p. 132
    4. Pigeons and Property Rights by Donald G. Smith, pp. 133-134
    5. The Roots of the Liability Crisis by James L. Payne, pp. 135-136
    6. Home Schooling: A Personal Experience by Hannah Lapp, pp. 137-139
    7. Medicare: Prescription for a Fool's Paradise by Dianne L. Durante and Salvatore J. Durante, pp. 140-144
    8. Boulwarism: Ideas Have Consequences by William H. Peterson, pp. 145-147
    9. The Objectives of Economic Education by Ludwig Von Mises, pp. 148-152
    10. The Re-legalization of Drugs by Tibor R. Machan and Mark Thornton, pp. 153-155
    11. Knowledge-Processing, Spontaneous Order, and the Free Market by Sylvester Petro, pp. 156-157
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      Stalin's Apologist by John Chamberlain, p. 158 - 1 Review
      1. Stalin's Apologist: Walter Duranty by Sally J. Taylor and Walter Duranty
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      Review The Road to a Free Economy, by Janos Kornai by Peter J. Boettke, pp. 159-160 - 1 Review
      1. The Road to a Free Economy by Janos Kornai
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    May 1991 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Transforming the Command Economies by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 164-166
    2. Germany: The Promise of Freedom by Donald J. Boudreaux and Thomas K. Plofchan, Jr., ..., pp. 167-170
    3. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Case of Repetitive Motion Injuries by John Hood, pp. 171-172
    4. Homosexuality's Legal Revolution by Carl F. Horowitz, pp. 173-181
    5. Should Government Subsidize Higher Education? by James L. Payne, pp. 182-183
    6. The Centre Square Water Works: A Monument to Government Inefficiency by James A. Maccaro, pp. 184-185
    7. The Only Failure We Have to Fear Is the Fear of Failure by Dwight R. Lee and Richard B. McKenzie, pp. 186-188
    8. The Locker Room Is Private Property by Donald G. Smith, p. 189
    9. Affirmative Disintegration: India's Most Dangerous Decade by Shyam J. Kamath, pp. 190-192
    10. "Acting Black" Crushes Personal Spirit by Jason D. Hill, pp. 193-194
    11. The Right Not to Live by William B. Irvine, p. 195
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      The Conservative Constitution by John Chamberlain, p. 196 - 1 Review
      1. The Conservative Constitution by Russell Kirk
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      1. Unfinished Business by Clint Bolick
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      Review The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery, by Martin Mayer by William H. Peterson, pp. 199-200 - 1 Review
      1. The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery by Martin Mayer
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    June 1991 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. What Garbage Crisis? by Charles W. Baird, pp. 204-207
    2. The Samaritan's Dilemma and the Welfare State by E.C. Pasour, Jr., pp. 208-211
    3. The Shame of the Church by Norman S. Ream, pp. 212-214
    4. Vive La Difference by Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., pp. 215-216
    5. The Do-It-Yourself Queen by Vincent Curcio, pp. 217-223
    6. Price Controls Do Not Control Prices by Bill Anderson, pp. 224-226
    7. Why the Welfare State Is Immoral by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 227-228
    8. The Fight for Beijing by Steven W. Mosher, pp. 229-233
    9. A Closer Look at "Dumping" by S.J. Cicero, pp. 234-235
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      1. Lords of Poverty by Graham Hancock
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      1. The Market Economy by James L. Doti and Dwight R. Lee
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      1. Capitalism by Arthur Seldon
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      1. The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism by Peter J. Boettke
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    July 1991 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. America's OPEC: The Public School Cartel by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, pp. 244-247
    2. Illiberal Education Can't Be Cured With Illiberalism by John-Peter A. Pham, pp. 248-253
    3. Keynesian Budgets Threaten Recovery by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 254-256
    4. A Report from the World of Suggestive Looks by Jack Matthews, pp. 257-258
    5. Tyranny-From the East to the West by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 259-260
    6. Elephants and Ivory by Elizabeth Larson, pp. 261-263
    7. Government Is Strangling Transit by John Semmens, pp. 264-265
    8. Hitting the Phantom Curve by Donald G. Smith, pp. 266-267
    9. Biblical Roots of American Liberty by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 268-275
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      1. Leftism Revisited by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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      1. Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution by Clark Nardinelli
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      Review The Crisis in Drug Prohibition, by David Boaz by William H. Peterson, pp. 279-280 - 1 Review
      1. The Crisis in Drug Prohibition by David Boaz
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    August 1991 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. Beating the System: Soviet Entrepreneurs Work on the Wild Side by Sheila Melvin, pp. 284-289
    2. Cuba: Misery and Hope by Jorge Amador, pp. 290-293
    3. California's Man-Made Drought by Dirk Yandell and Michael C. Paganelli, pp. 294-295
    4. Teaching Business Ethics in an Environment of Mistrust by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 296-303
    5. Child Labor and the British Industrial Revolution by Lawrence W. Reed, pp. 304-307
    6. Why Work More? by Roger M. Clites, p. 308
    7. Fire-Fighting for Profit by Nancy W. Poole, pp. 309-313
    8. Public Interest Is Usually Special Interest by Dwight R. Lee and Robert L. Sexton, p. 314
    9. Karl Marx: An Irrelevant Man by Donald G. Smith, pp. 315-316
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      Book Reviews by John Chamberlain, pp. 317-320 - 3 Reviews
      1. A Child of Fortune by Jeffrey St. John
      2. The Myth of Scientific Public Policy by Robert Formaini
      3. If You're So Smart by Donald N. McCloskey
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    September 1991 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. Rethinking the Free Rider Problem by James L. Payne, pp. 324-325
    2. Decorating the Wilderness by John T. Wenders, p. 326
    3. The Individual and the Community by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 327-329
    4. The Trouble With Education by William J. McNicoll, pp. 330-332
    5. The Case for Being Insensitive by William B. Irvine, pp. 333-334
    6. Government's Assault on Freedom to Work by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, pp. 335-345
    7. When Folk Sayings Are Ignored by Daniel F. McInnis, pp. 346-347
    8. Corporate Social Responsibility: A Dialogue by T. Franklin Harris, Jr., pp. 348-352
    9. How to Be an Individual by Donald G. Smith, pp. 353-354
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      Book Reviews by John Chamberlain, pp. 355-360 - 4 Reviews
      1. The State of the Union by Albert Jay Nock and Charles H. Hamilton
      2. Bionomics by Michael Rothschild
      3. Bureaucracy by James Q. Wilson
      4. The Idea Brokers by James Allen Smith#2
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    October 1991 Issue = 11 Articles
    1. Welfare State on the Street Where You Live by Tibor R. Machan, pp. 364-365
    2. Individual Rights: The Crumbling Foundation of American Government by Robert Higgs, pp. 366-373
    3. Positive Externalities of Gun Ownership by John Kell, pp. 374-376
    4. Pains of the German Unification by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 377-379
    5. China's Entrepreneurs: Keeping the Faith After Tiananmen by Sheila Melvin, pp. 380-386
    6. Freedom Is Not Elected by Donald G. Smith, p. 387
    7. Thank the Japanese for Our Trade Deficits by John D. Fargo, pp. 388-393
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      1. This Hemisphere of Liberty by Michael Novak
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      1. To Promote the General Welfare by Richard E. Wagner
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      1. Wounded Innocents by Richard Wexler
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      1. A Parliament of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke
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    November 1991 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. What's Your Problem? by Lynn Tilton, pp. 404-405
    2. A Checklist for Healthy Skeptics by Dianne L. Durante, pp. 406-409
    3. School for Scandal by James L. Payne, pp. 410-411
    4. Art and Representative Government by William R. Allen and William Dickneider, pp. 412-413
    5. The S.E.C.'s War Against the Theater by John Chodes, pp. 414-415
    6. Corporate Giving: the Case for Enlightened Self-Interest by Edward H. Crane, pp. 416-423
    7. Capitalism: Who Are Its Friends and Who Are Its Foes? by Donald J. Boudreaux, pp. 424-426
    8. Spending for Spending's Sake by John Semmens, p. 427
    9. The Big Nag by Donald G. Smith, p. 428
    10. Poland's Flawed Reform Plan by Paul A. Cleveland, pp. 429-430
    11. Government Funding Brings Government Control by Gary McGath, pp. 431-433
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      China Misperceived by John Chamberlain, p. 434 - 1 Review
      1. China Misperceived by Steven W. Mosher
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      Review The Capitalist Spirit, by Peter L. Berger by Raymond J. Keating, pp. 435-436 - 1 Review
      1. The Capitalist Spirit by Peter L. Berger
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      Review Economic Policy and the Market Process, by K. ... by Jeffrey Tucker, pp. 437-438 - 1 Review
      1. Economic Policy and the Market Process by K. Groenveld, J.A.H. Maks, and J. Muysken
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      Review The Culture of Spending, by James L. Payne by William H. Peterson, pp. 439-440 - 1 Review
      1. The Culture of Spending by James L. Payne
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    December 1991 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. A Toast to the Holidays by Donald G. Smith, pp. 444-445
    2. "When My Country Is Free" by Robert A. Peterson, pp. 446-447
    3. New G.O.A.L.s at Work in Michigan by Michael W. Fanning, pp. 448-452
    4. Why Teenagers Can't Find Work by John V. LaBeaume, pp. 453-454
    5. The Great American Epic by Davis Keeler, pp. 455-456
    6. The Chinese Won't Forget by Sheila Melvin, pp. 457-461
    7. Catholicism's Developing Social Teaching by Robert A. Sirico, CSP, pp. 462-474
    8. Free Trade and the Irish Famine by John P. Finneran, pp. 475-477
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      1. Capturing the Culture by Richard Grenier
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      1. The National Review College Guide by Charles J. Sykes and Brad Miner
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      1. Drugs and Crime by Michael H. Tonry and James Q. Wilson
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      Review Free Market Environmentalism, by T. Anderson a... by William H. Peterson, pp. 481-482 - 1 Review
      1. Free Market Environmentalism by T. Anderson and D. Leal
    13. Index for 1991, pp. 483-488
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