Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 2001

Cover Story

After 9/11

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

Features

Health & Medicine

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

Closing the FDA's Orange Book Current drug regulations invite abuse of patent laws. by Aidan Hollis (PDF, 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, 177 Kb)

Campaign Finance

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

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

Agriculture

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

For the Record

California Factor | Rebutting Thierer (PDF, 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, 184 Kb)

Briefly Noted

Questioning the SEC's Crusades by Henry G. Manne and Joseph J. Bial (PDF, 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, 553 kb)

Final Word

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