December

The Road to Ruin John Semmens 723 The highway example of waste in public sector spending. Progress Is Difference George C. Leef 730 Progress is assured as long as people are free to be different. George Mason: Father of the Bill of Rights Raymond Polin 734 For the record, in celebration of Bill of Rights Day on December 15. Perspectives on Religion and Capitalism Edmund A. Opitz 740 The freely choosing person, guiding his life by reason, within the moral law. Who Bears the Tax Burden? Todd S. Hultman 753 Do the corporations, or their customers, pay the tax? Book Reviews: 755 Ills Public Education Necessary?" by Samuel Blumenfeld "Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion" by P. 1. Bauer Index for 1981 761 Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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