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February 2002
Volume 16,
Number 2

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Stephen Cox
John Hospers
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Brien Bartels
David Boaz
Alan Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
David Friedman
J. Orlin Grabbe
Bettina Bien Greaves
Leon T. Hadar
John Haywood
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Richard Kostelanetz
Loren E. Lomasky
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Dyanne Petersen
Bruce Ramsey
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
Tim Slagle
Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Martin M. Solomon
Clark Stooksbury
Thomas S. Szasz
Martin Morse Wooster
Leland B. Yeager
contributing editors

Kathleen Bradford
managing editor

Andrew Chamberlain
Elizabeth Merritt
assistant editors

Eric Raetz
editorial assistant

John Bergstrom
S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists/illustrators

Jon Kalb
Jim Switz
computer consultant

Caroline Evanger
assistant publisher

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersAt least some mail still gets through.
7 ReflectionsWe pin an LP button on Matt Damon, take ethics lessons from Enron, score a used liver on eBay, watch South Park, hunt for recession-proof jobs, and dump money in a light-rail sinkhole.

Features

23 Mises and PsychiatryLibertarian economist Ludwig von Mises was a great social thinker. But, as Thomas S. Szasz explains, he was no psychiatrist.
27 Today's Crazy Investment EnvironmentR.W. Bradford explores the bizarre way in which money market accounts have become guaranteed losers, thanks to Federal Reserve policy.
29 A Discourse on JurisprudenceIt has been said that all of Western thought is but a footnote on Plato and Aristotle. Michael D. Gose proves it.
31 Anarchy, Globalization, and Real FreedomJohan Norberg explains why freedom isn't just another word for better bathtubs.
35 The Limits of the Melting PotWhen the rest of the world has closed its borders, argues Bruce Ramsey, only an idiot would open his.
37 Radical SheikSarah McCarthy laments the death of self-hatred on the left.
40 Where My Heart IsA man's home is his castle. Richard Kostelanetz gives a royal tour.
43 Capitalists of the World, Unite!Radical Objectivists take their steely-eyed message to the streets. John Tabin reports.

Reviews

45 How the West WonJane S. Shaw unearths the roots of Western individualism in the religious feudalism of the Middle Ages.
47 A Man to Be DestroyedClarence Thomas is an independent and principled black intellectual. And for that, argues Timothy Sandefur, he had to be brought down.
51 Right Man, Right TimeRon Capshaw ponders the historical inevitability of the Reagan Revolution.
52 BooknotesT.E. Ruppenthal tallies up government waste since FDR; Orson Olson adds one to the growing inventory of "isms."
53 Notes on ContributorsWho we are and what we do.
54 Terra IncognitaReality bites.

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