The Freeman: November 1995 Volume 45, 1995

This issue examines the moral and economic consequences of canceling the national debt, the wealth-destroying logic of forced redistribution, and the case for removing education from democratic political control. Authors explore restoring a gold standard, diagnosing the decline of the dollar, and restraining government-subsidized corporate incentives. Additional essays address church–state separation myths, freedom of religious practice, property-rights violations such as newspaper theft, the roots of environmental extremism, and Mark Twain’s fierce defense of individualism.