October

THEFREEMAN IDEASON LIBERTY FEATURES 588 590 595 597 598 602 607 610 613 615 620 622 625 629 632 Center 593 604 642 586 644 Free Trade to Benefit the Many-Not Fair Trade to Benefit the Few by Dwight R. Lee Better choices for consumers and improved economic productivity. Entitlements Versus Investments: A Parable by George C. Leef The dangers of "free" government goods and services. Transit's Transition from Socialism by Daniel B. Klein, Adrian T. Moore, and Binyam Reja A property rights framework based on curb rights. Slugging It Out by C. Daniel Bradford An ingenious solution to commuter woes. Letters from Russia by Dennis L. Peterson A pen pal's views of problems and opportunities in the new Russia. Reflections on a Failure by Donald G. Smith The death of socialism. A Century of Forest Service Ineptitude by John A. Baden and Andrew C. St. Lawrence Our glorious experiment in "sylvan socialism."

Cast a Giant Ballot by Clifford R Thies The story of Roger MacBride. Affirmative Action: Institutionalized Inequality by Walter Block and Timothy Mulcahy To overcome discrimination, look to the market. Capitalism and Cooperation by Allan Levite A vitallin1c Education and the Free Society by Linda C. Raeder Recapturing the academy-and rebuilding civil society. The Proper Attitude Toward the Proper Role of the State by Joseph S. Fulda A reminder of the need for eternal vigilance. Algernon Sidney: Forgotten Founding Father by Chris Baker An English martyr for republican government. The Legal Assault on Competence and Honesty by David R. Henderson Thoughts on Walter Olson's new book, The Excuse Factory. Benjamin Constant-Liberty and Private Life by Jim Powell A defender of the individual and foe of collectivism. COLUMNS NOTES from FEE-A Free-Market Case Against Open Immigration? by Donald J. Boudreaux IDEAS and CONSEQUENCES-How We'll Know When We've Won by Lawrence W Reed POTOMAC PRINCIPLES-Medicine for the Sick by Doug Bandow ECONOMICS on TRIAL-Preaching to the Choir by Mark Skousen DEPARTMENTS Perspective-Merrill Gee Book Reviews -The Cross and the Rain Forest: A Critique of Radical Green Spirituality by Robert Whelan, Joseph Kirwan, and Paul Haffner, reviewed by Ken Ewert; The Economic Laws of Scientific Research by Terence Kealey,reviewedby George C. Leef; PBS: Behind the Screen by Laurence Jarvik, reviewedby William H. Peterson; Faith of Our Fathers edited by Mary Sennholz, reviewedby Norman S. Ream.

THEFREEMAN IDEAS ON LIBERTY Published by The Foundation for Economic Education Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10533 Phone (914) 591-7230 FAX (914) 591-8910 E-mail: freeman@westnet.com FEE Home Page: http://www.fee.org President: Donald J. Boudreaux Managing Editor: Beth A. Hoffman Guest Editor: Dwight R. Lee EditorEmeritus Paul L. Poirot Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Book Review Editor George C. Leef Adjunct Professor of Law and Economics, Northwood University EditorialAssistant Mary Ann Murphy Columnists Doug Bandow Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. Lawrence W. Reed Mackinac Center for Public Policy Midland, Michigan Mark Skousen Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida ContributingEditors Charles W. Baird California State University, Hayward Peter J. Boettke New York University Clarence B. Carson American Textbook Committee Wadley, Alabama Thomas J. DiLorenzo Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland Joseph S. Fulda New York, New York Bettina Bien Greaves Resident Scholar, FEE John Hospers University of Southern California Tibor R. Machan Auburn University Ronald Nash Reformed Theological Seminary Edmund A. Opitz Chatham, Massachusetts James L. Payne Sandpoint, Idaho Jim Powell Westport, Connecticut William H. Peterson Adjunct Scholar, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.