This issue explains why Social Security remains politically popular despite its poor long-term prospects, showing how demographic and fiscal realities will undermine today’s support. Contributors explore genetic-discrimination laws, China’s mixed capitalist–communist model, biodiversity regulation, the lessons of the Irish famine, and the dangers of conservative “phony marketeers” after communism’s fall. Additional essays defend free trade even for the poorest, promote school choice via universal tax credits, critique environmental command-and-control, analyze central banking and business cycles, and review books on government abuse, education, and New Deal statism.
