Vol. 33, No. 4, Winter 2010

Cover Stories

In Medicine, Money Matters Real health care reform would change incentives. By David A. Hyman (PDF, 402K)

Gresham's Law of Green Energy High-cost subsidized renewable resources destroy jobs and hurt consumers. By Jonathan A. Lesser (PDF, 271K)

The Staggers Act, 30 Years Later The authors of a 1981 article on railroad deregulation review their observations. By Douglas W. Caves, Laurits R. Christensen, and Joseph A. Swanson (PDF, 614K)

Should Noncompetes Be Enforced? New empirical evidence reveals the economic harm of non-compete covenants. By Alan Hyde (PDF, 586K)

Features

Agriculture

A Worrisome Crop? Is there market power in the U.S. seed industry? By Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Alexandre Magnier, and Douglas Miller (PDF, 716K)

Transportation

Railroad Performance Under the Staggers Act Deregulation revived the rail freight industry, with most of the gains going to shippers. By B. Kelly Eakin, A. Thomas Bozzo, Mark E. Meitzen, and Philip E. Schoech (PDF, 853K)

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In Review

Energy Myths And Realities, reviewed by Richard L. Gordon | The Pursuit of Justice, reviewed by George Leef | Fault Lines, and Jimmy Stewart Is Dead, reviewed by David R. Henderson | More Guns, Less Crime, 3rd ed., reviewed by Stan J. Liebowitz

Working Papers, reviewed by Peter Van Doren

Briefly noted

Hurd on the Street?, by Richard A. Booth | Residential Dynamic Pricing and "Energy Stamps," by Ahmad Faruqui

Final Word

Of Facemasks and Phone-Texting by Tim Rowland

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