This issue contrasts America’s original ideal of personal self-government with today’s dependence on political solutions, arguing that civil society flourishes when individuals govern themselves. Essays criticize “smart growth,” zoning, copyright and metric mandates, and other regulations that stifle enterprise, while celebrating economic freedom through the story of railroad entrepreneur James J. Hill and analyses of deposit insurance, wine-shipping restrictions, and continued “mini-Prohibition.” Additional articles address foreign intervention in the Balkans, lifestyle paternalism, pollution policy, Austrian-friendly universities, estate taxation, Marx’s legacy, and the unintended consequences of reform.

This issue argues that economic progress emerges from entrepreneurship, specialization, and the spontaneous order of free markets rather than government direction. Contributors critique regulation, subsidies, and political favoritism that distort incentives and undermine growth. Additional essays highlight historical lessons, the ethics of voluntary exchange, and the dangers of central planning in education, labor policy, and welfare.

This issue explains why Social Security remains politically popular despite its poor long-term prospects, showing how demographic and fiscal realities will undermine today’s support. Contributors explore genetic-discrimination laws, China’s mixed capitalist–communist model, biodiversity regulation, the lessons of the Irish famine, and the dangers of conservative “phony marketeers” after communism’s fall. Additional essays defend free trade even for the poorest, promote school choice via universal tax credits, critique environmental command-and-control, analyze central banking and business cycles, and review books on government abuse, education, and New Deal statism.

This issue focuses on energy policy and environmental regulation, arguing that high gasoline prices, energy taxes, and command-and-control pollution rules stem from political pretensions of knowledge rather than market realities. Articles highlight black innovators and entrepreneurs, defend property rights and voluntary cooperation, question U.N. attempts to redefine the family, and profile Powel Crosley as a forgotten American entrepreneur. Additional pieces address SUVs and safety, Balkan policy, markets for pollution rights, conflict over government allocation, electricity price caps, and books on libertarian theory, welfare policy, constitutional violations, and global-warming alarmism.

This issue examines the paradox of modern cities, where demands for personal freedom coexist with rising support for political control, regulation, and public dependency. Writers explore how crime, public-property incentives, environmental policy, trade, and industrial myths stem from misunderstandings about markets and government intervention. Additional articles challenge anticapitalist narratives, analyze energy and transportation policy, and defend economic liberty in the wake of September 11.

This issue highlights how markets foster peace, innovation, and prosperity, illustrated through Henry Ford’s fight against licensing monopolies and broader critiques of regulatory expansion. Contributors challenge common economic fallacies, defend property rights, and show how government planning—from health care to energy—creates shortages, distortions, and perverse incentives. Additional essays explore trade, constitutional limits, education, and the moral case for capitalism.

This issue examines the power of personal responsibility, entrepreneurship, and voluntary cooperation in overcoming poverty, improving life, and limiting state abuse. Contributors challenge myths about wealth creation, analyze the failures of regulatory systems, and explore the moral foundations of liberty in everyday choices. Additional articles address media bias, public-sector inefficiency, education reform, and the dangers of central planning.

This issue explores homeschooling, globalization, immigration, price controls, coerced “public service,” and the moral meaning of capitalist exchange. Writers dissect myths about coercion, postal monopolies, Amtrak subsidies, energy regulation, and gun-control scapegoating while highlighting the cooperative logic of markets. Additional essays address unions, liberalization, price-gouging accusations, and how free exchange improves lives across cultures and borders.

This issue examines how government failure endangers the vulnerable, highlighting the collapse of Washington, D.C.’s child-welfare system and the destructive incentives built into bureaucratic management. Essays critique coercive “consumer protection,” defend decentralized political authority, and argue that competitive, voluntary institutions outperform centralized federal power. Additional articles explore market coordination, moral responsibility, regulatory excess, and the philosophical foundations of liberty.

This issue examines the origins of economic progress, exposing popular fallacies about trade, entrepreneurship, and environmental alarmism. Authors explore spontaneous order, competition, market incentives, and the dangers of relying on political authority to guide scientific or ecological outcomes. Additional articles highlight globalization, aviation security, taxation, and the historical lessons of failed regulatory regimes.

This issue analyzes education reform, occupational licensing, welfare policy, and the dynamics of risk, showing how government intervention stifles innovation and opportunity. Contributors explore the economics of healthcare, the morality of capitalism, and the incentives behind charity and private safety initiatives. Additional essays address trade, taxation, public-choice failures, and the enduring superiority of voluntary action.

This issue explores the moral and practical limits of government problem-solving, emphasizing how markets more effectively coordinate knowledge, allocate resources, and correct error. Writers examine health-insurance regulation, environmental policy, corporate governance, and the economics of information. Additional essays highlight globalization, entrepreneurial discipline, and how political incentives distort justice, medicine, and economic growth.