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Minimum Wages Hans R Sennholz 270 How political attempts to boost wages tend to harm those most apt to be unemployed. Robots! Russell Shannon 282 Let us not condemn the tools that free us from drudgery. The Trouble with Farming Clarence B. Carson 286 A risky business at best, but now beset with the consequences of massive intervention. From the Mouths of Babes Dennis L. Peterson 299 By one's example do others learn the ways of freedom. Economists and the Future Lawrence W. Reed 302 Words of caution to those who bet heavily on the accuracy of forecasters. Book Reviews: 313 "The Strategic Metals War" by James E. Sinclair and Robert Parker "John Dickinson: Conservative Revolutionary" by Milton E. Flower "Stalin's Secret War" by Nikolai Tolstoy Anyone wishing to communicate with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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