May
2006
Volume 20,
Number 5 |
R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder
Stephen Cox
editor
Patrick Quealy
publisher
Andrew Ferguson
managing editor
John Hospers
Bruce Ramsey
Jane S. Shaw
senior
editors Brien Bartels
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
Alan
Ebenstein
David Friedman
Bettina Bien Greaves
Leon T. Hadar
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Loren E. Lomasky
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
Ralph R. Reiland
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
Jo Ann Skousen
Mark Skousen
Tim
Slagle
Fred L. Smith Jr.
Martin M. Solomon
Clark Stooksbury
Thomas S. Szasz
Martin Morse Wooster
Leland B. Yeager
contributing editors
Mark Rand
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors
S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists
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| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Serve and volley. |
| 7 |
Reflections | We tax the ugly, torch Colonel
Sanders, criminalize stupidity, subsidize the rich, prefer domestic meth, pine
for the aristocracy, match head to snout, remember Silent Cal, do the impossible,
and shut our ears to criticism. |
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| Liberty Around the World Individual rights
are universal, but they are not universally recognized.
Four of Liberty's
foreign agents investigate the progress of liberty abroad. |
| 17 | The Real
India, Behind the Fog | Jayant Bhandari notes that things are improving in
India, but not as fast as people think. |
| 22 | The End of
Soviet Poland | While helping Poland through its transition to a market
economy, Michael Christian found it easier to sidestep the remnants of
Communism than to get rid of them altogether. |
| 25 | A Bet on China | Bruce Ramsey wagered against China
once. He explains why he won't repeat that mistake. |
| 29 | The Danger in Spain | Luis A. Balcarce wonders what
sickness lurks behind the eternal smile of Spain's prime
minister. |
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Features
| 33 | Rethinking Vouchers | It's time for voucher supporters to get past
their failures. Alan Ebenstein plans for success at the
polls. |
| 35 | Shadyside
Fugue | As
ghosts flit about his hospital bed, Ralph R. Reiland ponders the single
certainty in life. |
| Reviews |
| 39 | From Suspense to Soap | The first two seasons of "24" were as taut
and thrilling as any big-budget action movie. Jo Ann Skousen tries to
figure out what went wrong. |
| 40 | How Smart Must Voters Be? | How can democracy function when the voters
are abysmally ignorant? Jane S. Shaw considers, and revises, a possible
explanation. |
| 42 | The Other
Side of Hip Hop | The typical image of the rap star, gold-heavy and violent, is a
disservice to talented musicians working outside the mainstream. Todd
Skousen heads to a concert to see the best perform. |
| 43 | The French Cassandra | Mark Skousen looks at the man who was
both a leading French critic of the state and socialist supporter of
François Mitterand. |
| 45 | Refining Economics | Alan Ebenstein follows the trail of
economic thought from John Locke to Adam Smith, and on to John Stuart
Mill. |
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| 46 | Notes on Contributors | Voices of reason. |
| 47 | Terra Incognita | The fringe report. |
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