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August 1983 Issue - 18 Articles- Notes
R.P.
, pp. 4-24 Our May lead story
- How to Get Out of the Food Stamp Trap
David A. Lips
, pp. 25-32 The Food Stamp Program is One of the Government's Largest--and Probably the Most Abused...
- The User Fee Illusion
Steven H. Hanke
, p. 33 Charging the users of government services instead of the taxpayers sounds like a great ...
- Freaked Out by Technology
Paul Ciotti
, pp. 34-38 A Student of the '60s takes a New Look at What Moved the New Left.
- Tyranny Takes the Gold
Robert St Yves
, pp. 39-40 In the name of the Olympics, the state moved in like a storm trooper.
- Was it the Free Market that Failed in Chile?
Claudia Rosett
, pp. 41-43 - In Celebration of Reason
E.M.
, pp. 44-45 - Viewpoint
Tom Bethell
, p. 46 Has the Dragon Been Slain?
- Money
Steven K. Beckner
, p. 47 Treacherous Profitability
- Health & Welfare
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw
, pp. 48-49 New Wave Cooking
- Spotlight
Bill Evers
, p. 50 Radical Party Man
Arts & Letters
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Movies (3 Reviews) John Hospers
, pp. 51-53 Querelle; Blue Thunder; Parsifal
- Querelle (1982 Film) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Blue Thunder (1983 Film) by John Badham
- Parsifal (1982 Film) by Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
Books
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Does Great Prosperity Take Little Rebellions? (Review) Pierre Lemieux
, pp. 54-55 The Rise and Decline of Nations, by Mancur Olson
- The Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson
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Would Vouchers Destroy Educational Freedom? (Review) Samuel L. Blumenfeld
, pp. 56-57 High School Achievement, by James S. Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, and Sally Kilgore, ...
- High School Achievement by James S. Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, and Sally Kilgore, ...
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On the Nuclear Front (Review) Jack Kirwan
, p. 58 The War Against the Atom, by Samuel McCracken
- The War Against the Atom by Samuel McCracken
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Observer of the Century (Review) Laurence W. Beilenson
, pp. 59-61 A Life With the Printed Word, by John Chamberlain
- A Life With the Printed Word by John Chamberlain
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Intolerance and Intervention (2 Reviews) Leonard P. Liggio
, pp. 62-68 The Reconstruction of American Political Ideology, 1865-1917, by Frank Tariello, Jr.
- The Reconstruction of American Political Ideology, 1865-1917 by Frank Tariello, Jr.
- Ministers of Reform by Robert M. Crunden
- Cover photograph
Joyce True