November 2001
Volume 51, 2001FEATURES
The Paradox of the Illiberal Cities
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by ALEX MOSELEY
Urban populations typically vote for greater government control and hence more interference than rural populations do. The paradox is that city people are less restrained, yet they seek political interference in their own and others' lives.
The Federally Mandated Toilet Still Doesn't Work
What Is the Government Doing in Our Bathrooms?
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by MICHAEL HEBERLING
The Sustainable--and Young--Hydrocarbon Energy Age
Government Is the Real Threat to Energy Sustainability
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by ROBERT L. BRADLEY JR.
Politicizing the Housewife
Choice Is the Key to Individualist Feminism
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by WENDY MCELROY
Ten Years After the Bet: The More Things Change. . .
Population Growth Does Not Cause Poverty, Famine, and Resource Depletion When People Are Allowed to Be Creative
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by MICHAEL D. MALLINGER
The Trouble with Teacher Training
Government-Prescribed Credentials Don't Create Good Teachers
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by GEORGE C. LEEF
A Myth Shattered: Mises, Hayek, and the Industrial Revolution
How Did the Industrial Revolution Affect Living Standards?
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by THOMAS E. WOODS JR.
Why Economies Grow
Economic Freedom Offers Hope to Countries Struggling with Poverty
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by AARON SCHAVEY
Ethanolics Anonymous
Government Has No Business Rigging the Market for the Politically Well-Connected
NOVEMBER 01, 2001 by LAWRENCE W. REED
In June the Bush administration reported to Congress that the federal ethanol incentive program has done precisely the opposite of what was intended. Instead of reducing gasoline consumption, foreign oil dependency, and air pollution, the program caused Americans to use 473 million more gallons of gasoline in 2000 than in 1999. In fact, if this program remains in place, it actually will increase gasoline use by 9 billion gallons from 2005 to 2008.
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