Freeman

October 2012

Volume 62, 2012

Steve Fritzinger explains how, despite the government's best efforts, the internet came to revolutionize modern life. Dwight Lee pays tribute to Milton Friedman's groundbreaking classic; Bob Ewing tells of a blogger silenced for talking about his diet, James Ahiakpor exposes the fallacy that austerity and growth are mutually exclusive options; and much, much more.

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A Forgotten Critic of Corporatism

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by SHELDON RICHMAN

If Incentives Matter, We Might Be in Trouble

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by LAWRENCE W. REED

Leaders Need Better Followers? It Just Ain’t So!

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by GARY CHARTIER

The False Choice between “Austerity” and Economic Growth

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by JAMES C. W. AHIAKPOR

Clubs and Governments

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by STEPHEN DAVIES

When Free Speech Collides with Occupational Licensing

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by BOB EWING

How Government Sort of Created the Internet

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by STEVE FRITZINGER

The Golden Age of Freedom Is Still Ahead

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by ANTHONY GREGORY

Spontaneous Order in Action: The Universal Product Code

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by STEPHEN GROSS

Ice and Economics

OCTOBER 03, 2012 by DAVID J. HEBERT

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