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Air Transportation: More Government Equals Less SafetyHarry P. Wolfe and John Semmens
From the earliest days of aviation, the market has provided strong incentives for consu...

Capital PunishmentJohn Semmens
How inflation and taxation discourage and prevent the generation of capital for better ...

Concealed Costs/ Bloated BenefitsJohn Semmens
Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work

The Crash of 1987: an Excuse for Government Intervention?John Semmens
What not to do in the wake of upheavals in the stock market.

The Crisis in Public Finance: No Ways or MeansJohn Semmens
Since public finance is neither fair nor feasible, the alternative is to rely on privat...

Deregulation of TruckingJohn Semmens
Answers to some of the arguments against deregulation of the trucking industry.

Do Seat Belt Laws Work?John Semmens
Challenging the presumed benefits of increased auto safety regulations.


Don't Let Amtrak Con YouJohn Semmens
President Reagan is trying to cut Amtrak's billions in subsidies, but the great train b...

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Economics on Trial (Review) John Semmens
Roads in a Market Economy, by Gabriel Roth
- Roads in a Market Economy by Gabriel Roth

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Economics on Trial (Review) John Semmens
Risk, by John Adams
- Risk by John Adams

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Economics on Trial (Review) John Semmens
Driving America, by James Johnston
- Driving America by James Johnston

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Economics on Trial (Review) John Semmens
Driving Forces, by James A. Dunn
- Driving Forces by James A. Dunn

The Environmental Assault on MobilityJohn Semmens
We don't have to five up automobile travel in order to have clean air.

Essential Air Service Subsidies: Just Plane FoolishJohn Semmens
The waste insubsidizing inefficient air services.

Exporting Taxes Threatens State EconomiesJohn Semmens
When states export taxes they are also exporting opportunities for growth and prosperity.



Government Cost/Benefit Analyses: The Impetus and the ImpotenceJohn Semmens
The attempt to justify government subsidies through cost/Benefit studies is bound to fail.

Government "Investment"John Semmens
Analyzing the flaws in popular thinking about subsidies for public transit.

Government Is Strangling TransitJohn Semmens
Regulatory barriers and subsidized prices stifle competition.

Government Regulation and Business ManagementJohn Semmens
The state's invasion of managerial prerogatives has occurred on all fronts.



Highways: Public Problems, Private SolutionsJohn Semmens
The prospects for privately owned and managed highways,


Laissez Faire as a Development PolicyJohn Semmens
A policy of planned development may sound good in theory, but reality is quite a bit di...

Law of the Jungle vs. the Jungle of LawJohn Semmens
The laws to eliminate risks only confront us with additional uncertainties.

Corporate State
The Little Train That Couldn't Possibly.John Semmens
Amtrak's annual report boasts real losses of $750 million and high political dividends ...


Make-Work Won't WorkJohn Semmens
An assessment of the failing measures to relieve unemployment.

Mandated Airline Safety Seats Won't Increase Travel SafetyJohn Semmens
Attempting to force everyone to make the same choice diminishes individual freedom and ...

Mass Transit MessJohn Semmens
Let taxpayers beware of the claims that mass transit affords a solution to the "energy ...

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Oil Drilling in Alaska (Review) John Semmens
The Heated Debate, by Robert C. Balling
- The Heated Debate by Robert C. Balling


Prosperity Without PollutionJohn Semmens
We can have both a growing economy and an improving environment.

Public Policy Debate: The Rigged GameJohn Semmens
Government bureaucrats and professional politicians have certain advantages in slanting...

Razing ArizonaJohn Semmens and Dianne Kresich
How Phoenix Taxpayers Derailed an $8-Billion Transit System

Regulation and Energy Transport: An Unnatural DisasterJohn Semmens
Widespread economic benefits would follow even partial deregulation.

By The Truckers
Regulation of the Truckers by the Truckers for theJohn Semmens
ICC Regulation Benefits the Trucking Industry, but Every Dollar Gained by the Industry ...

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Capital Letters (Review) John Semmens
Alternate Route, by Clifford Winston and Chad Shirley
- Alternate Route by Clifford Winston and Chad Shirley

The Road to RuinJohn Semmens
The highway example of waste in public sector spending.

School Censorship: Compulsion Creates ConflictJohn Semmens
Can free expression in the public schools be safeguarded?

The Seen vs. the Unseen: A Modern ExampleJohn Semmens
How conservation measures by-pass the market, and backfire.

Semantic Confusion in Economic RegulationJohn Semmens
Statutory law is unsuited to the control of variable economic affairs.

The Social Cost of Railroad RegulationJohn Semmens
Government regulations and controls reduce returns and divert resources out of railroad...

Spending for Spending's SakeJohn Semmens
The intransigence of a bloated government determined to spent more money.

Spending Limits Are Not EnoughJohn Semmens
Reduced spending and taxation should enable government to function more appropriately.

Taking it on the roadJohn Semmens
They've got their transportation deregulation act together in Arizona, but some carrier...

Tax ExpendituresJohn Semmens
How government spends what it fails to collect as taxes.

Transport Deregulation: An Economic NecessityJohn Semmens
The promise of more efficient service to the consumer with less waste.

The Unemployment Act of 1946John Semmens and Dianne Kresich
Government attempts to promote employment inevitably result in waste.


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