January 1964
Volume 14, 1964FEATURES
Play Store Economics
JANUARY 01, 1964 by DEAN RUSSELL
When youngsters play store, their pricing policy resembles that of the master planners in socialist societies - they have no actual market to reflect supply-demand situations and give meaningful prices.
Big Wars From Little Errors Grow
JANUARY 01, 1964 by E.W. DYKES
The way to start a war, thinks Bill Dykes, is to mind someone else's business; so perhaps the way to peace with one's neighbor is to try leaving him alone.
The Greatest Family in History
JANUARY 01, 1964 by FRED DEARMOND
The Medici tried that, in fifteenth century Florence, with results unmatched in history. They set an example that survives after 500 years.
The UN Threat to the US
JANUARY 01, 1964 by WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLAIN
Could Lorenzo the Magnificent have functioned as well through a United Nations Organization? William Henry Chamberlin has some reasonable doubts.
Jobs Require Capital
JANUARY 01, 1964 by W. M. CURTISS
A taxi driver needs capital, too, though the price of a medallion is hardly a full-fledged free-market determination.
The American Tradition: 10. Of the Civilizing of Groups
JANUARY 01, 1964 by CLARENCE B. CARSON
Professor Carson finds that Americans have forgotten some of the ways successfully used in the past to help civilize renegade groups and mobs.
A Letter to the President
JANUARY 01, 1964 by PAUL JOHNSON
A young man in Texas has fun imagining how he'd "get his fair share" if he were a river-boat captain.
DATA: A New Type of Give-Away Program
JANUARY 01, 1964 by ORIEN JOHNSON
Orien Johnson relates his experiences in a new approach to the problems of undeveloped peoples and foreign aid.
Professor Hutt on Keynesianism
JANUARY 01, 1964 by LUDWIG VON MISES
That the fallacies of the "new economics" can be understood and explained by a man from South Africa should afford hope for Americans.
A Reviewer's Notebook - 1964/1
JANUARY 01, 1964 by JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
John Chamberlain points out some wrong reasons used by Edmund Wilson when he wrote "The Cold War" and "The Income Tax: A Protest."
Ed Opitz offers some helpful suggestions for further readings in the field of general philosophy.
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