This issue opens with Leonard Read’s reflections on living a life worthy of being written about, followed by a dramatic firsthand account of life in China during the 1989 crackdown and the pervasive corruption of the guanxi system. Other essays dispute claims about constitutional mandates, trace the deep roots of political corruption, rebut the slogan “socialism works,” and argue that affirmative action undermines a free and open society. The issue concludes with book reviews and the full index for 1990.
