November

Who Owns the Job? Cecil V. Grove 652 No one; the job is done as owners voluntarily exchange what is theirs. Castles in the Air Leonard E. Read 654 Progress comes as men put foundations under worthy dreams. "It's for Real" William H. Peterson 658 How los Angeles youngsters start in the lower grades to do business in a free society. The Individualand Majority Rule Ronald F. Cooney 661 Concerning some of the abuses of majoritarianism against which Tocqueville warned. Impossible Riddles The regulatory process invariably curtails development. Bernard H. Siegan 668 The Right to Feel Alienated Robert J. Rubanowice 670 If one doe'S not feel alienated in the face of smothering collectives, he is lost. British Booksellers Learn to Compete Willie E. Nelms 674 How a Nineteenth Century effort at retail price maintenance was broken to the advantage of the reading public. The "New" Protectionism Paul Stevens 680 statist interventions domestically lead to world trade wars; the antidote is freedom.

All Different Afford every talent an equal chance to earn another. George Ellis 691 Value and the Welfare State Brian Summers 692 How are individual welfares to be measured in ord,er to arrive at "the general welfare"? Book Reviews: 695 "United Nations Journal: A Delegate's Odyssey" by William F. Buckley, Jr. "An Introduction of Christian Economics" !by Gary North "Economic Growth and Stability: An Analysis of Economic Change and Policies" by Gottfried Haberler "Roots of the New Republic: A New Perspective on Early American Constitutionalism" by George Dargo "Pagans in the Pulpit" by Richard S. Wheeler Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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