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Abundance and Scarcity (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
Privatizing the Public Sector, by Emanuel S. Savas
- Privatizing the Public Sector by Emanuel S. Savas

The Case Against ProtectionismLawrence W. Reed
If goods do not cross frontiers, armies will

Child Labor and the British Industrial RevolutionLawrence W. Reed
Correcting some false and misleading notions about capitalism and working children.

A Critique of Mathematical EconomicsLawrence W. Reed
Individual human actions are unpredictable and cannot be measured in advance.

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Economics on Trial (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
The Roosevelt Myth, by John T. Flynn
- The Roosevelt Myth by John T. Flynn

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Economics on Trial (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character, by Alyn Brodsky
- Grover Cleveland: A Study in Character by Alyn Brodsky

Economists and the FutureLawrence W. Reed
Words of caution to those who bet heavily on the accuracy of forecasters.

The Fall of Rome and Modern ParallelsLawrence W. Reed
Our problems stem from destructive ideas; to reverse our course requires better ideas.

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Freedom and Authority: A Delicate Balance (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
The Penniless Billionaires, by Max Shapiro
- The Penniless Billionaires by Max Shapiro

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Great Myths of the Great DepressionLawrence W. Reed
A review of the facts

Hyperinflation Threatens BrazilLawrence W. Reed
Runaway inflation threatens to sink brazil's economy and its fledgling democracy.

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Ideas and ConsequencesLawrence W. Reed
Flunking Economics

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James U. Blanchard ?: Champion of Liberty and Sound Money

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Government Education Reinvents Government

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Privatize the Airports!

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The Poverty of the United Nations

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Clinton versus Cleveland and Coolidge on Taxes


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The Power of Positive Example




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"The Immigration Problem"

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America's Economics Knowledge Deficit

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Comparable Worth or Incomparably Worthless?

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Putting Leviathan in Perspective

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The Quackery of Equality

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Block Grants Are Not the Answer

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Destruction Is No Blessing

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The Right Direction for Welfare Reform

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Teachers as Entrepreneurs in the Classroom

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The Power to Tax

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Just Say No to Farm Subsidies

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A Vote for Optimism

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Wanted: A Line Between Public and Private.

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Making the Case for Liberty Stick

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The Perversion of Economic Development

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A little Erosion of Liberty

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Mixing Public and Private

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Lessons for Welfare Reformers

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My Kind of President

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Fee: A Lighthouse for Freedom

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The Electric Car Seduction

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The Privatization Revolution

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Reviving a Civil Society

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There's More to Government Than You Think

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Deregulation: Coming to a Utility Near You

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Will Retirement Become a Personal Responsibility?

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Homeschool heroes

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The Problem of Education Doesn't End at the 12th Grade

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The Predatory Bogeyman

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The Futility of Class Warfare

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A History Lesson for Free-Market Pessimists

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The New Zealand "Revolution"

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Educating the Difficult

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How We'll Know When we've Won

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Government and Disaster Relief

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Are Women Being Victimized by the Market?

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The Trade Deficit: Much Ado About Nothing

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Hayek Was Right: The Worst Do Get to the Top

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Food for Thought

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Billions for a Misconception

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Trust Not in What Your Government Can Do for Your

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Michigan: Where Privatization Is Working

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The Freedom Not to Pay for Other People's Politics

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Asset Forfeiture Run Amok

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What Is This Thing Called "Sprawl"?

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If Rates of Return Matter, Social Security Is a Goner

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A Tax Is Not a User Fee!

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Night of the "Living Wage"

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Ending Corporate Welfare as We Know It

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States, Economic Freedom, and Wealth Creation

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Where Are the Omelets?

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Taxation by Litigation Threatens Every American Business

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Internet Access Should Be Left to the Free Market

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Guns, Gun Laws, and Liberty

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An Open Letter to Statists Everywhere

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A Camera Reaches 100

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A Tribute to the Jitney

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Save Us from Great Ideas

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Don't Tax the Internet

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Hospital Food and Socialized Medicine

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The Census: Inquiring Minds Want to Know a Lot

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Incentives and Disincentives: They Really Do Matter!

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Government Deposit Insurance: A Dumb Idea

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End the Farm Dole Once and for All

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The California Power Mess

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Public Money for Private Charity

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Don't Expect Much from Politics

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The High Cost of Government Schooling

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Get Rid of the Labels

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Prohibition Hasn't Ended

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Another Alcoa Executive at Treasury

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Keep the Electoral College

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Why Term Limits?

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Ethanolics Anonymous

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Don't Bash SUVs

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School Choice Via the Universal Tax Credit

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A Man Who Didn't "Grow" in Office

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It Wasn't Government That Fixed Your Clock

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An Inspiration for All Time

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Who Owes What to Whom?

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A "Think Tank" for Those Who Don't Think

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Beware the History Police

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A Privatization Revolution in a Most Unlikely Place

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The Man Who Ate Hamtramck's Government

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A Leonard Read for Africa?

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Cigarette Taxes Are Hazardous to Our Health

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Evaluating New Drugs: Remember the Bigger Picture

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The Federal Prison Industries Empire

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New Hope for Africa's Most Populous Nation

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Alleviating the Organ Shortage

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Labor Freedom Makes Sense

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The Forgotten Robber Barons

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Lessons from the First Airplane

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The True Meaning of Patriotism

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From Crystal Palace to White Elephant in 150 Years

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Remembering Prague Spring

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Joseph P. Overton: Character for a Free Society

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The Golden Calf of Democracy

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Free Markets Blossom in Vietnam

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A Museum You Don't Want to Miss

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Telecom Regulations Don't Create Competitive Markets

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No More Czars, Please

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To Own or Be Owned: That Is the Question

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Two Who Made a Difference

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Government Putts

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A Supreme Court to Be Proud Of

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Free-Market Moments on the Silver Screen

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Growing Up Means Resisting the Statist Impulse

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In Praise of an Uncommon Woman

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Prophets of Property

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The Love of Power vs. the Power of Love

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Character, Liberty, and Economics

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Mr. President, Meet Mr. Smith

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The Times that Tried Men's Economic Souls

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History for Sale: Why Not?

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Why "Inflation" Is Back

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The Holiday That Isn't

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Freedom or Free-for-All?

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The Saga of Tampa

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A Man Who Knew the Value of Life and Liberty

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In the Grip of Madness














Ideas and Consequences--How Important Is Your Vote?Lawrence W. Reed
Some thoughts on suffrage and democracy.


Ideas and Consequences-Of Meat and MythLawrence W. Reed
The truth about upton Sinclair's attack on America's meat-packing industry.

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Ideas and Consequences-Recycling MythsLawrence W. Reed
Too often, recycling is promoted as an end in itself.

Ideas and Consequences: "Environmental Regulations Aren't Cheap"Lawrence W. Reed
Businesses and local governments struggle with the spiralling costs of compliance.


Is There an Unfavorable Balance of Trade?Lawrence W. Reed
Still prevalent is the mercantilist notion that a nation should have an excess of expor...

Liberty and the Power of IdeasLawrence W. Reed
The battle to preserve liberty is not against persons but against opposing ideas.

Michigan's Welfare AbolitionistLawrence W. Reed
Gov. John Engler Ended General Assistance Welfare Two Years Ago. Since Then, Thousands ...

Peking Duck or Kentucky Fried?Lawrence W. Reed
The Colonel brings capitalism to China.

The Polish UndergroundLawrence W. Reed
A firsthand account of the nature and effectiveness of those who oppose the Communist g...

Private Cures for Public Ills (1996)Lawrence W. Reed
The Promise of Privatization
1 Review, 1 Readable

Privatization: Best Hope for a Vanishing WildernessLawrence W. Reed
Private organizations lead the way in conserving our natural environment.

The Role of IncentiveLawrence W. Reed
Why self-responsibility generally out-Performs government intervention.

Seven Fallacies of EconomicsLawrence W. Reed
Important reasons why the results often fail to match the plans

The Silver PanicLawrence W. Reed
How government price maintenance of silver under bimetallism led to the panic of 1893.

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Thoughts on Freedom (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
How Wall Street Created a Nation, by Ovidio Diaz Espino
- How Wall Street Created a Nation by Ovidio Diaz Espino

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The Tiller, the Van, and the Typewriter (Review) Lawrence W. Reed
Economics of Public Policy, by John C. Goodman and Edwin G. Dolan
- Economics of Public Policy by John C. Goodman and Edwin G. Dolan

Toward Radical Monetary ReformLawrence W. Reed
A suggestion for putting monetary management back into the marketplace.

A Visit to NicaraguaLawrence W. Reed
Under the sandinistas, Nicaragua's economy is descending into utter chaos.

What Price Control Really MeansLawrence W. Reed
The history of price control is the history of shortages, queues, and dissatisfied cust...

When We Are Free (1982)Lawrence W. Reed and Dale M. Haywood
1 Review, 1 Readable

Witch-Hunting for Robber Barons: The Standard Oil StoryLawrence W. Reed
A review of the monopoly charges and antitrust action against Standard Oil.
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