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Cato Journal
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Policy Analysis
Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 1998

Economic Freedom and the Wealth of Nations

James Gwartney, Randal Holcombe, and Robert Lawson
The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations
(PDF, 28pp, 95Kb)

Stefan Voigt
Making Constitutions Work: Conditions for Maintaining the Rule of Law,
(PDF, 18pp, 64Kb)

Bruce L. Benson
Economic Freedom and the Evolution of Law
(PDF, 24pp, 69Kb)

Seth W. Norton
Poverty, Property Rights, and Human Well-Being: A Cross-National Study,
(PDF, 13pp, 58Kb)

W. Kenn Farr, Richard A. Lord, and J. Larry Wolfenbarger
Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, and Economic Well-Being: A Causality Analysis,
(PDF, 16pp, 70Kb)

William C. Gruben
Banking Structures, Market Forces, and Economic Freedom: Lessons from Argentina and Mexico,
(PDF, 12pp, 38Kb)

Ian Vásquez
Official Assistance, Economic Freedom, and Policy Change: Is Foreign Aid Like Champagne?
(PDF, 12pp, 38Kb)

Herbert G. Grubel
Economic Freedom and Human Welfare: Some Empirical Findings,
(PDF, 18pp, 61Kb)

Robert Kaestner
Employment Prospects of Welfare Recipients: Another Look at the Data
(PDF, 23pp, 69Kb)

Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós
The European Monetary Union: A Political Time Bomb
(PDF, 18pp, 53Kb)

Book Reviews
(PDF, 6pp, 22Kb)

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are Rich and Some So Poor, by David S. Landes
Reviewed by Deepak Lal

The Cultural foundations of Economic Development: Urban Femaile Entrepreneurship in Ghana, by Emily Chamlee-Wright
Reviewed by T. David Burns and Kate Zhou

Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of preference Falsification, by Timur Kuran
Reviewed by Daniel B. Klein

EDITOR'S NOTE: The papers in this issue of the Cato Journal were originally presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, which was held in Dallas on April 5–7, 1998. The topic of that conference, "Economic Freedom of the World: Property Rights, Markets, and the Quality of Life," is one that has long interested the Cato Institute. Thus, when Jim Gwartney, vice president of APEE, first suggested that selected papers from the Dallas conference be used in the Journal, I readily agreed. He deserves high marks for helping organize the conference and assisting in the review process. Special thanks also go to J. R. Clark, secretary/treasurer of APEE, and to the John M. Olin Foundation for its financial support of the APEE conference. --J. A. Dorn  

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