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THE FREEMAN JANUARY 1967 Vol. 17, No.1 ~ Premier W. Ross Thatcher of Sas katchewan describes the unscrambling of twenty years of socialism in that province p. 3 ~ The best we can do for the rookies, suggests John Sparks, is to let them earn their way . p. 9 ,., Though none can accurately time the economic crisis that inflation breeds, Lawrence Fertig predicts with certainty that freedom will be lost in the process p. 11 ~ Internationally famed economist, Karl Brandt, shows that food supply can outpace population growth if coercive controls are avoided p. 18 ~ A company bulletin board affords a study in miniature of the way the mar ket works - sometimes p. 23 ~ It's not so much the Cost of Living as the minor regulations and controls that prove so irritating to Dr. W. A. Paton . p. 25 ", Leonard Read finds in current Post Office jams a further argument for getting government out of our business affairs p. 32 ~ Give us relief, pleads William Henry Chamberlin, from the "multitude of New Offices [and] swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance" p. 34 ~ Until a man has his own house in order, it ill behooves him to worry for the whole world p. 42 ~ Dr. Roche reviews in this issue the historical record of Federalism in the United States of America p. 45 Y' Though other freedoms wane, a thoughtful man is still - perhaps, es pecially - bound to exercise his freedom to think p. 57 Y' John Chamberlain commends The Politics of Surrender, critically ana lyzed by Stanton Evans, to those who would know the world of 1967 . p. 60 Y' Clinton Rossiter's 1787: The Grand.

Convention refreshes reviewer Thorn ton's faith in the wisdom of the Founders p. 63 Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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