September

The Rising Protectionist Tide Dennis Bechara 545 Trade barriers are detrimental to all producers and consumers. Education in Colonial America Robert A. Peterson 551 Evidence that the free market can meet America's educational needs. Make-Work Won't Work John Semmens 561 An assessment of the failing measures to relieve unemployment. Book Reviews: 570 "The World After Oil: The Shifting Axis of Power and Wealth" by Bruce Nussbaum "Free Enterprise: A Judea-Christian Defense" by Harold Lindsell "Social Justice and the Christian Church" by Ronald H. Nash "Benjamin Franklin" by Ronald W. Clark Anyone wishingto communicatewith authors may send first-classmail in care of THE FREEMANfor forwarding.

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