This issue analyzes America’s public-school system as a government-backed cartel and critiques illiberal solutions to the country’s education crisis. Additional articles warn that Keynesian spending threatens recovery, describe totalitarian currents on U.S. campuses, and outline how subsidies and regulations hinder transportation and environmental policy. Themes of American liberty, elephant conservation, and the moral foundations of a free society round out the issue alongside several book reviews.

This issue highlights the rise of Soviet entrepreneurs amid economic collapse, offering firsthand looks at risk-takers navigating a failing socialist economy. Other articles describe Cuba’s hardship and hope, critique man-made droughts caused by political rationing, explore the moral case for business ethics, and correct myths about child labor in the Industrial Revolution. Profiles of private fire-fighting, the distortions of the tax code, and the perils of “public interest” policymaking complete the volume.

This issue challenges conventional claims about the free-rider problem, showing how voluntary cooperation often succeeds despite theoretical objections. Articles examine hunters’ rights, the limits of codifying community obligations, mistaken economic premises in school funding, and the dangers of policing politically incorrect speech. Additional essays critique labor-market restrictions, review business-ethics theories, and argue for individuality grounded in excellence rather than novelty.

This issue begins with a reflection on how local government habits mirror federal deficit spending, illustrating why welfare-state incentives persist at every level. Further essays document the erosion of individual rights, outline the positive externalities of civilian gun ownership, and analyze the economic burdens of German reunification and the struggles of Chinese entrepreneurs after Tiananmen. Topics also include misconceptions about trade deficits, the limits of democratic government, and several major book reviews.

This issue focuses on the theme of personal responsibility and the dangers of government overreach in various sectors. It includes a critical analysis of federal mismanagement and the failures of centralized bureaucratic control, especially in education. Articles critique government intervention in arts and philanthropy, arguing that consumers and private donors should determine funding. The issue also features a discussion on corporate giving motivated by enlightened self-interest, an examination of the causes behind Poland’s lagging economic reforms, and a deep look at how government funding inevitably leads to government control.

This issue explores the harmful effects of government policies across labor, trade, and the environment. It features a discussion on how the minimum wage prices teenagers and unskilled workers out of the labor market, leading to unemployment. The issue also includes a stark historical analysis of how protectionism worsened the Irish Famine, demonstrating the human cost of restricted trade. Finally, it addresses environmental policy, arguing for the superiority of free-market environmentalism and the establishment of clear private property rights as a better solution for pollution control than centralized government regulation.

This issue examines the economic and moral case for limited government, critiques central planning’s persistent failures, and highlights how individual initiative drives progress. Essays explore trade policy, tax burdens, and the cultural assumptions that undermine personal responsibility. Additional articles analyze the meaning of liberty, the incentives shaping political behavior, and the enduring relevance of classical-liberal principles.

This issue explores the dangers of socialized medicine, the need to reduce regulatory burdens—particularly in the defense sector—and the recurring human cost of utopian political schemes. Contributors examine Soviet economic reform, the meaning of individualism, and how freedom fosters creativity. Reviews and essays address philanthropy, assimilation, population debates, and the cultural assumptions behind modern policy disputes.

This issue analyzes the tension between animal-rights activism and genuine human rights, arguing for the moral primacy of voluntary action and personal responsibility. Additional articles explore bureaucratic overreach, environmental claims, and the ethical foundations of liberty. The issue also includes commentary on economic reform, cultural attitudes toward progress, and classic debates on law and freedom.

This issue investigates the destructive incentives behind federal spending, the roots of public-sector inefficiency, and the philosophical contradictions embedded in modern entitlement programs. Essays examine tax policy, political leadership, and the erosion of constitutional limits. The issue concludes with historical reflections, critiques of regulatory growth, and arguments for reviving personal responsibility and voluntary cooperation.

This issue explores why “throwing money” at social problems fails, the historical roots of American liberty through figures like George Mason, and Mexico’s struggle toward economic renewal. Additional essays analyze Canadian healthcare, education reform, and the importance of character in a free society. Reviews address Hispanic assimilation, theological approaches to economics, and the political influence of agricultural lobbies.

This issue examines the crisis facing the Boy Scouts as shifting cultural values collide with an institution built on voluntary virtue and self-discipline. Additional essays explore economic myths, the failures of industrial policy, and the regulatory forces that distort environmental priorities. Articles on psychology, personal responsibility, and the tension between individual liberty and modern governance round out the issue.