December

Miseducation About American Business Anne Wortha,m 714 A call for a new series of textbooks to help the youth of America to a better appreciation of the role of business. Subsidized Unemployment W. Marshall Curtiss 726 Concerning the tendency of the Social Security program to promote unemployment. The Founding of the American Republic: 5. The EnlightenmentImpetus Clarence B. Carson 731 An emphasis on reason, natural law, and balance, with a thrust toward liberty. lIMonopolist"-Can He Charge "Anything He Wants"? John A. Sparks 743 Concerning some forms of market competition often overlooked. Harmonizingto Each His Own Leonard E. Read 747 How variation, with freedom, can bring human interests into harmony. Genera.l or Specific Welfare? Hannibal Cundari 754 Government attempts to provide for favored persons or groups are always detrimental to the general welfare. Book Review: 757 "Then Truth Will Out" by Leonard E. Read.

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