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Volume 2, issue 3, 1982

Aggregate Supply-Driven Deflation and Its Implications for Macroeconomic Stability pp. 363-384

David Beckworth

Sustained Economic Growth: Do Institutions Matter, and Which One Prevails? pp. 385-420

Abdoul' Ganiou Mijiyawa

Censoring and Destroying Information in the Information Age pp. 421-434

J. R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee

State Fiscal Crises: Are Rapid Spending Increases to Blame? pp. 435-448

Dean Stansel and David T. Mitchell

Small States: Not Handicapped and Under-Aided, but Advantaged and Over-Aided pp. 449-478

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar

Parental Valuation of Charter Schools and Student Performance pp. 479-493

James VanderHoff

Cold Case Files: The Athenian Grain Merchants, 386 B.C pp. 495-514

Wayne R. Dunham

State Sanctions and the Decline in Welfare Caseloads pp. 515-533

Michael J. New

Creating Financial Harmony: Lessons for China pp. 535-553

James A. Dorn

Book Review: Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade pp. 555-558

Daniel Griswold

Book Review: The Swiss National Bank: 1907–2007 pp. 559-561

Kurt Schuler

Book Review: Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness pp. 562-565

Ike Brannon

Book Review: Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul pp. 565-568

Juan Carlos Hidalgo

Book Review: Heads in the Sand: How Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats pp. 568-573

Brendan Rittenhouse Green

The Privatization Debate: An Insider's View pp. 653-662

Steve Hanke

On Divestiture and the Creation of Property Rights in Public Lands pp. 663-685

Vernon Smith

Endowment Areas: A Clearing in the Policy Wilderness? pp. 691-708

Richard L. Stroup and John Baden

The Suburban Squeeze: Land-Use Policies in the San Francisco Bay Area pp. 709-738

David E. Dowall

Agricultural Land Protection: Is Government Intervention Warranted? pp. 739-758

E. C. Pasour, Jr.

Institutional Underpinnings of the Water Crisis pp. 759-792

Terry L. Anderson

Developing the Mineral Resources of the Seabed pp. 793-821

Doug Bandow

Sentiment, Guilt, and Reason in the Management of Wild Herds pp. 823-841

Garrett Hardin

Is Supply-Side Economics Enough? pp. 843-849

Karl Brunner

Reflections on Supply-Side Economics pp. 851-863

Morgan O. Reynolds

Trade Adjustment Assistance: A Case of Government Failure pp. 865-905

James A. Dorn

Volume 2, issue 2, 1982

Introduction: Cato Symposium on the New Federalism and Urban Opportunities pp. 335-337

James A. Dorn

The Zoning of Enterprise pp. 339-359

Edward C. Banfield

The Rationale for Enterprise Zones pp. 361-371

Peter J. Ferrara

The Enterprise Zone as a Political Animal pp. 373-390

Suart M. Butler

Enterprise Zones: New Deal, Old Deal, or No Deal? pp. 391-410

Otto A. Davis and Denise Dipasquale

Urban Housing Programs: What Is the Question? pp. 411-436

John C. Weicher

Plastic Land in the Post-Industrial Era pp. 437-471

Donald A. Hicks

The New Federalism: An Economist's View pp. 473-499

Wallace Oates

The Post-Interventionist City pp. 501-541

John W. Sommer

Cancer's Uncertainties and Public Policy pp. 543-564

William R. Havender and Elizabeth M. Whelan

Chemical and Nuclear Waste Disposal: Problems and Solutions pp. 565-606

James P. Murray, Joseph J. Harrington and Richard Wilson

The Political Economy of Corporate Welfare: Industrial Revenue Bonds pp. 607-617

James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Compulsory Unionism and the Free-Rider Doctrine pp. 619-635

John C. Moorhouse Author-Email:

Budgetary Referenda: An Efficient Alternative to Representative Democracy pp. 637-652

Roger A. Arnold, Thomas L. Wyrick and Thomas L. Wyrick

Volume 2, issue 1, 1982

The Principles of Environmental Protection: The Case of Superfund pp. 9-53

Richard A. Epstein

Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution pp. 55-99

Murray Rothbard

Legal Issues in Pollution-Engendered Torts pp. 101-136

Robert K. Best and James I. Collins

Can Water Pollution Policy Be Efficient? pp. 165-204

Jerome W. Milliman

Pollution Externalities: Social Cost and Strict Liability pp. 205-229

Peter Lewin

Imposed Risk Controversies: A Critical Analysis pp. 231-253

Gerald L. Sauer

Radiation Pollution and Cancer: Comparative Risks and Proof pp. 255-278

Bernard L. Cohen

Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmentalism, and Rights pp. 279-304

Richard Langlois

Pollution as Moral Coercion: Culture, Risk Perception, and Libertarian Values pp. 305-333

Aaron Wildavsky

Volume 1, issue 2, 1981

Energy Considerations in United States Foreign Policy pp. 313-337

Hendrik Houthakker

Taxation and Income Redistribution: An Unsympathetic Critique of Practice and Theory pp. 339-371

Richard B. McKenzie

The Public and Private Interest in Wilderness Protection pp. 373-390

William C. Dennis

Competing for the Rental Value of Federal Land: The Assignment of Use Rights and Their Regulation pp. 391-404

Gary D. Libecap

Proportionality, Justice, and the Value-Added Tax pp. 405-420

Charles W. Baird

Responsible Individuals and the Nation’s Energy Future pp. 421-438

Richard Stroup and John Baden

Resolving the Tragedy of the Commons by Creating Private Property Rights in Wildlife pp. 439-468

Robert J. Smith

“Resolving the Tragedy of the Commonsâ€: A Comment pp. 469-471

Walter Thurman

Parks Property Rights, and the Possibilities of the Private Law pp. 473-499

James P. Beckwith, Jr.

Toward a Free Market in Forest Resources pp. 501-517

Charles R. Batten

The Myth of Neutral Taxation pp. 519-564

Murray N. Rothbard

Bureaucratic Incentives, Social Efficiency, and the Conflict in Federal Land Policy pp. 585-607

Mack Ott

United States Energy Policy: The Translucent Hand and the Art of Muddling Through pp. 609-627

Edward W. Erickson

The Consumption Tax and Supply-Side Economics: Some Short-Term Revenue Effects pp. 629-632

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Volume 1, issue 1, 1981

Government Exactions and Revenue Deficiencies pp. 1-21

Arthur B. Laffer

A Comment on the Laffer Model pp. 23-44

Max Moszer

Limitations of the Laffer Curve as a Justification for Tax Cuts pp. 45-52

David Henderson

The Petroleum Industry: A Historical Study in Power pp. 53-85

D.T. Armentano

Establishing Property Rights in Energy: Efficient vs. Inefficient Processes pp. 87-105

Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill

Competition and Monopoly in World Oil Markets: The Role of the International Oil Companies pp. 107-127

Richard B. Mancke

Taxation in England during the Industrial Revolution pp. 129-153

Ronald Max Hartwell

“Taxation in England during the Industrial Revolutionâ€: A Comment pp. 155-159

Donald N. McCloskey

The Sixteenth Amendment: The Historical Background pp. 161-182

Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.

The Ratification of the Federal Income Tax Amendment pp. 183-223

John D. Buenker

The IRS and Civil Liberties: Powers of Search and Seizure pp. 225-275

Ronald Hamowy

Taxes and Militarism pp. 277-292

Lloyd J. Dumas

Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurship, and Natural Resources: Witless Policy and the Barrier Islands pp. 293-311

William J. Siffin