Vol.24, No. 4, Winter 2001

Cover Story

After 9/11

Defense | Telecommunications | Transportation |Health & Medicine | Law Enforcement (PDF, 21 pp, 722 kb)

Features

Health & Medicine

The Blessed Monopolies Does pediatric exclusivity drug legislation benefit children? What about their parents? by Alexander Tabarrok (PDF, 4 pp, 163 kb)

Closing the FDA's Orange Book Current drug regulations invite abuse of patent laws. by Aidan Hollis (PDF, 4 pp, 123 Kb)

Securities & Investment

The Push for Auditor Independence The SEC sought to restructure the accounting profession with its new auditor independence rule. by Zoe-Vonna Palmrose and Ralph Saul (PDF, 6 pp, 177 Kb)

Campaign Finance

Answering Ayres Requiring campaign donors to remain anonymous would not resolve corruption concerns. by Kenneth Mayer (PDF, 4 pp, 248 Kb)

Another Approach to Anonymity A voluntary system offers advantages over mandatory donor anonymity. by Jack Tawil (PDF, 2 pp, 69 Kb)

Agriculture

Congress's Dairy Dilemma Are compacts the best way to save family farms? by Kenneth Bailey (PDF, 9 pp, 342 Kb)

For the Record

California Factor | Rebutting Thierer (PDF, 1 pp, 55 Kb)

Mercatus Reports

Ozone Air Quality Standards | Tanker Vessel Monitoring Devices | Non-Road Vehicle Emissions | Trans-Fatty Acids Labeling | Automated External Defibrillators | IN DEPTH: Bush's Rejuvenated OIRA | commentary: Measuring Hidden Taxes (PDF, 4 pp, 184 Kb)

Briefly Noted

Questioning the SEC's Crusades by Henry G. Manne and Joseph J. Bial (PDF, 2 pp, 71 Kb)

In Review

Deregulation of Network Utilities edited by Sam Peltzman and Clifford Winston | Who Pays for Universal Service? by Robert Crandall and Leonard Waverman | The Natural Gas Market by Paul MacAvoy | Investor Politics by John Hood | Saving Social Security by Bert McLachlan (PDF, 8 pp, 553 kb)

Final Word

Wartime and Family Time by P. J. O'Rourke (PDF, 1 pp, 53 Kb)