February

The Squeeze on the Middle Class William Henry Chamberlin 91 The welfare state grows at the expense of those who gave strength to the ideas and institutions of political and economic freedom. Consider Your Stand Gottfried Dietze 98 A reminder to academicians that the promotion of learning involves responsibilities as well as rights. Educationin America: 5. Disciplineor Disaster? George Charles Roche III 101 When parents delegate to teachers, and teachers to pupils, the responsibility for educational content, the result must be undisciplined disaster. Pricing Ourselves Out of World' Markets? M. E. Cravens 109 Protectionism weakens a nation's capacity to cope with foreign competition. TechnologicalStatus John W. Campbell 113 Concerning the fiction that backward countries can jump to a high level of industrial achievement without experiencing the horse-collar revolution. Book Reviews 123 "An American Dictionary of the English language" by Noah Webster (Facsimile of the original 1828 edition) "The Birth of the Nation" by Arthur M. Schlesinger "The America We lost" by Mario Pei Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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