This issue covers global and domestic struggles for freedom, beginning with a firsthand account of the Tiananmen Square crackdown and its implications for China’s reform movement. Additional essays revisit the market lessons of the Edsel’s failure, probe the shortcomings of the American correctional system, and question appeals to “social consciousness” that override individual responsibility. The issue also explores the economics of medical compensation, privatization efforts in Northern Ireland, and Israel’s movement away from socialism. A final essay celebrates the freedom inherent in sports, while book reviews assess influential works on intellectual history, nonprofit competition, farm policy, and the theory of socialism and capitalism.
