This issue explores the role of incentives in economic life, the strengths of America’s pharmaceutical industry, and the environmental implications of free trade in the wake of NAFTA. Authors analyze the discriminatory impact of the Davis-Bacon Act, the economic distortions caused by federal transit subsidies, and the historical success of private-toll-road entrepreneurship. Additional essays discuss global human rights, the civic role of jury nullification, workplace regulation, school violence, asbestos hysteria, and recent scholarly contributions in political economy.
