July

How to Deal with Strangers Brian Summers 405 We help one another through trade. The "Right" to Education Douglas Wentz 406 The economics and politics of government aid. The Jonestown Syndrome Hal Watkins 410 Victimized by false promises of security. The Relics of Intervention: 4. New Deal Collective Planning Clarence B. Carson 414 New Deal planning still plagues us today. Legalized Immorality Clarence Manion 426 When personal virtue is transferred to government. Tax Expenditures John Semmens 428 How government spends what it fails to collect as taxes. LUdwig von Mises, Defender of Capitalism . George ,Reisman 432 The ideas and influence of one of this century's great economists. How Socialism Affects Charity Glenn L. Pearson 440 Coercive sharing destroys the foundations of true charity. Book Reviews: 444 "Locking up the Range" by Gary D. Libecap "The Midnight Economist: Choices, Prices and Public· Policy" by William R. Allen "Antitrust and Monopoly: Anatomy of a Policy Failure" by Dominick 1. Armentano Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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