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Articles

Fleecing the Young

By Loren E. Lomasky

Reputation Overrides Record: How Warren G. Harding Mistakenly Became the “Worst” President of the United States

By Gary M. Pecquet, Clifford F. Thies

“New Deal Witch Hunt”: The Buchanan Committee Investigation of the Committee for Constitutional Government

By David T. Beito, Marcus M. Witcher

John Stuart Mill, Political Economist: A Reassessment

By Quentin P. Taylor

The War on Drugs in Afghanistan: Another Failed Experiment in Interdiction

By Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R. Hall, Scott Andrew Burns

Reflections

Government Fails, Long Live Government! The Rise of “Failurism”

By James L. Payne

Douglass C. North: The Restless Innovator

By John V. C. Nye

Douglass C. North: Trailblazer

By Robert Higgs

Douglass C. North: The Answer Is “Transactions Costs”

By Michael C. Munger

Book Reviews

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

By George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller

Reviewed by Gary M. Galles

Economic Behavior, Economic Freedom, and Entrepreneurship

Edited by Richard J. Cebula, Joshua C. Hall, Franklin G. Mixon, Jr., and James E. Payne

Reviewed by Christopher J. Boudreaux

Corporate Welfare: Crony Capitalism That Enriches the Rich

By James T. Bennett

Reviewed by Nicholaus D. Sorrentino

Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life

By Edward Peter Stringham

Reviewed by Gerard Casey

Russell Kirk: American Conservative

By Bradley J. Birzer

Reviewed by Lee Trepanier

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