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You oly that continues to run huge deficits, don't need to be ascientist to pro­ ............, IlJPO, , , , , ; ; ; , ; - . or is it time to consider other options? ted yourself from those who profit Sixteen economists, scholars, and busi­ by lying about your health! Cloth ness leaders offer avariety of answers. $18.95 ISBN 1-930865-12-0 Cloth $19.95 ISBN 1-930865-01-5/ Paper $10.95 ISBN 1-930865-02-3 he "precautionary principle"-a oW much do Americans spend T"better safe than sorry" rule-is Heach year taking wealth from increasingly invoked to justify gov­ others or protecting their own wealth ernment regulations to stop poten- from being "redistributed"? From I tial environmental problems such locks to lobbyists, cops to campaigns, I... as global warming, genetically-mod- Americans spend over $400 billion a I ified foods, and DDT. The author year on either taking someone else's I argues that not hailing such paten­ wealth or protecting their own. This I tial crises might entail health risks, book makes asignificant contribution ~~;~~ ;~~ :;::::~~~:oen to both political science and econom­ I ics in terms alayman can understand. I of this principle cautions against Cloth $19.95 ISBN 1-930865-10-4/ I aggressive regulation. Cloth $17.95 Paper $8.95 ISBN 1-930865-11-2 \\\¥ ISBN 1-930865-16-3 Ost Americans know little wedish journalist Tomas Larsson Mabout Medicare even Stakes the reader on afast-paced, though they rely upon it. Sue worldwide journey from the slums of Blevins examines the program's ori­ Rio to the brothels of Bangkok and gins, its evolution, and future policy shows that access to global markets options to reform it. Medicare fails helps those struggling to get ahead. to provide catastrophic coverage yet While critics of globalization focus on costs far more than originally esti­ the hardships caused by international mated. Until Americans learn the competition, Larsson sees the opportu­ real history of Medicare, they won't nities that competition offers to those understand how to reform it. Cloth seeking abetter life. Ahighly readable $16.95 ISBN 1-930865-o8-2/Paper book full of good news. Cloth $18.95 $8.95 ISBN 1-930865-09-0 ISBN 1-930865-14-7/Paper $9.95 ISBN 1-930865-15-5 Available, at fine bookstores, or call 1-800-767-1241 (12-~ eastern, Mon.-Fri.) WWW cat0 0 rg Cato Institute • 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20001 •• Liberty· September 2002 Inside Liberty Volume 16, Number 9 R.W. Bradford editor &publisher Stephen Cox 4 Letters Our readers get a few things off their chests. John Hospers Jane S.Shaw 9 Reflections We take the Pledge, ride the subsidized rails, fan the fires of senior editors Wall Street, look for smoke in Nevada, pin a penguin on NASCAR, get lost in the desert, and feel free to move about the LAX parking lot. Brian Bartels DavidBoaz Alan Bock Features Douglas Casey Eric D. Dixon 19 The Geography of Taxes Federal taxes are the same across the Brian Doherty country, but what an American pays in local taxes is five times higher in David Friedman some states than in others. R. W. Bradford tells where taxes are high, where J. Orlin Grabbe they are low, and looks at the relation between taxes and growth. Bettina Bien Greaves Leon T. Hadar 31 Free Therapy Today, Regrets Tomorrow Getting your health Gene Healy insurance to pick up the bill for your counseling might not be such a good Robert Higgs idea, argues Dolores Puterbaugh. Bill Kauffman Dave Kopel 33 The Many Faces of Mr. Hiss Alger Hiss had it all: wealthy parents, Bart Kosko powerful friends, an Ivy League education. So why did he become a spy for Richard Kostelanetz the most murderous dictator in history? Ron Capshaw looks for an answer. Loren E. Loma&ky Sarah McCarthy 35 Practical Idealism You'd better be careful what your ideals are, warns Wendy McElroy Wendy McElroy. They determine the world you live in. William E. Merritt Robert H. Nelson 37 Crossroads in Indianapolis America's fifth party converged to deal RandalO'Toole with its problems. James Barnett reports. Ross Overbeek Durk Pearson 41 Fear of the Press Real political parties do not fear an independent, Dyanne Petersen critical press, observes R. W. Bradford. Bruce Ramsey Jeff Riggenbach 43 Letters to MIAs A lot of prominent Libertarians missed this year's Scott J. Reid convention. Ken Sturzenacker brings them up to speed. Sheldon Richman Timothy Sandefur 45 Convention Diary Carol Moore fights for a peace plank, runs for office, Sandy Shaw gets down in the trenches, and kisses Ed Crane. Tim Slagle Fred L. Smith, Jr. Martin M. Solomon Reviews Clark Stooksbury ThomasS~ Szasz 53 A Glimpse Ahead? Chip Pitts discovers that Stephen Spielberg's night­ Martin Morse·Wooster mare is George W. Bush's vision for America. Leland B. Yeager contributing editors 56 Sometimes a Great Nation Less than a century ago, Argentina was Elizabeth Merritt among the world's richest countries. Stephen Cox looks at a new book that managing editor tells just how much ruin there is in a nation. Kathleen Bradford assistant editor 59 The Manufacture of Terror Osama bin Laden scares you a lot more John Bergstrom than he should, explains Gene Healy. Keith Knight S.H. Chambers 60 Utopia for Kids At last, Joe Bast writes, there's a good book on freedom RexF. May for kids. Jane S. Shaw isn't so sure. cartoonists/illustrators Jon Kalb computer consultant Jim Switz associate publisher 57 Notes on Contributors The folks who brought you all this. Bentl~y Thomas W. III 62 Terra Incognita Be careful out there. JohnTabin editorialinterns ~_~]II (-. __Let t ers :, !J About Sex in the Seminary remained this way even after the Nazi Scott Chambers has hit one of the plan of Slavic enslavement became nails in the"pedophile priest" issue clear. Why? Because these people fig­ Your right on the head in his cartoon in the ured no matter what a monster Hitler August issue. The problem is not num­ was he couldn't be as bad as Stalin. bers of priests attracted to little boys, Jordan Simlllons Subscription the problem is - and has been for Laurinburg, N.C. years - the Roman Catholic Church's The Confederacy: A Conspiracy "looking the other way" as homosexu­ Q: When does my subscription expire? of Foreigners? als made their way through the A: Please look to the right ofyour At last a libertarian lllagazine pub­ church's seminaries and up the hierar­ name on your mailing label. There lishes an article saying that the chicalladder. How else would a man you will find (unless you are getting Southern states did not have the right who in his own words"fell in love with a renewal notice) the number of to secede ("Liberty and Union, Now a 23-year-old theology student" become issues left in your subscription, fol­ and Forever," by Timothy Sandefur, lowed by the word "left:' as in "3 the archbishop of Milwaukee? July). Not only is Sandefur correct, but LEFT." Although the church appears to be there is more to the story of the reeling from recently exposed secrets, it Q: I've moved. Where do I send my Confederacy than its proponents and will begin to face a real problenl as change ofaddress information? apologists admit. many priests begin dying from AIDS. A: Liberty, P.O. Box 1I8t, Port The Founders knew that allowing The few rallying to the church's Townsend, WA 98368. 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