Vol. 31, No. 2, Summer 2008

Cover Story

Bootleggers, Baptists, and Televangelists There’s a new player in Yandle’s classic dynamic. By Andrew P. Morriss. (PDF, 433K )

Features

Regulatory Reform

Much Ado about Nothing? Despite the claims of opponents and supporters, changes in procedure seem to have little effect on the regulatory process. By Cary Coglianese (PDF, 407K )

Designing Cartels through Censorship Legislatures want to say who is an “interior designer.” By Dick M. Carpenter II and John K. Ross (PDF, 684K )

Property

The Frontier of Eminent Domain Why aren’t Kelo activists also incensed over natural resource development takings? By Alexandra B. Klass (PDF, 477K)

Liability

Bootleggers, Baptists, and Televangelists There’s a new player in Yandle’s classic dynamic. By Andrew P. Morriss (PDF, 433K)

Environment

The Pigou Problem Calculating the externality cost is not the same as determining the optimal Pigovian tax. By John V. C. Nye (PDF, 438K)

Response to Nye A Pigou tax on gasoline is robust to further considerations. By Ian W. H. Parry and Kenneth A. Small (PDF, 76K)

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For the Record

The Supply of ‘Phantom Shares’, by Josh Galper | Reply, by Christopher L. Culp

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In Review

Can I Keep My Jersey?, reviewed by Ike Brannon | Code Red, reviewed by David R. Henderson | Economic Facts and Fictions, reviewed by George C. Leef | Nudge, reviewed by David R. Henderson | The Logic of Life, reviewed by Ike Brannon | Gusher of Lies, reviewed by George Leef

Briefly Noted

Democracy, Dictatorship, and Polygamy, by Paul H. Rubin | Fear and Cloning, by Henry I. Miller | What’s the Emergency, by Veronique de Rugy

Final Word

Drop that Flour!, by Tim Rowland

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