Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2010

Cover Stories

Consumer Protection Without Law Can one-way contracts provide better consumer protection than the current enforcement-based regime? By Omri Ben-Shahar (PDF, 476K)

No Theory? No Evidence? No Problem! The CFTC has no sound justification for its proposed energy speculative position limits. By Craig Pirrong (PDF, 1.1M)

Money to Go Auto title lending has an important role in the financial services marketplace. By Todd J. Zywicki (PDF, 599K)

Tracking "Go-Getters" Across America Where do young workers want to live?. By Tate Watkins and Bruce Yandle (PDF, 1.0M)

Features

Property

The Economic Losers from Smoking Bans Should policymakers worry about harm to bars, VFWs, and fraternal organizations? By Michael L. Marlow (PDF, 1.1M)

Environment

Weighing the Value of a Ton of Pollution Introducing trading was a helpful start toward market-oriented reforms, but policymakers need to get the prices of permits right to get the most out of environmental regulations. By Nicholas Z. Muller and Robert Mendelsohn (PDF, 5.6M)

In Review

Leviathan’s Drug Problem and Overdose, reviewed by David R. Henderson | The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, reviewed by George Leef | Losing the News, reviewed by William L. Anderson | The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy, reviewed by David R. Henderson | Breaking the Logjam, reviewed by Robert H. Nelson | The Plundered Planet, reviewed by Lee Lane | Intellectuals and Society, reviewed by David R. Henderson | Working Papers: Shadow Banking and the Financial Crisis, by Peter Van Doren

For the Record

In Defense of Private Equity, by David Haarmeyer | Response, by James Spindler | What to Do about "Unknown Risks", by Richard Wilson | Response, by Gio Batta Gori

Briefly Noted

When DC Freezes Over, by Ike Brannon | A Tale of Two Doctors, by Erwin A. Blackstone

Final Word

Free Speech for All, Except..., by Marni Soupcoff

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