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# Fall 1998 

Vol. 18 No. 2 

Economic Freedom and the Wealth of Nations

##### Articles 

#### [The Scope of Government and the Wealth of Nations ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/scope-government-wealth-nations)

By [James D. Gwartney](https://www.cato.org/people/james-gwartney), Randall G. Holcombe, and Robert A. Lawson 

#### [Making Constitutions Work: Conditions for Maintaining the Rule of Law ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/making-constitutions-work-conditions-maintaining-rule-law)

By Stefan Voigt 

#### [Economic Freedom and the Evolution of Law ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/economic-freedom-evolution-law)

By Bruce L. Benson 

#### [Poverty, Property Rights, and Human Well-Being: A Cross-National Study ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/poverty-property-rights-human-well-being-cross-national-study)

By Seth W. Norton 

#### [Economic Freedom, Political Freedom, and Economic Well-Being: A Causality Analysis ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/economic-freedom-political-freedom-economic-well-being-causality-analysis)

By W. Kenn Farr, Richard A. Lord, and J. Larry Wolfenbarger 

#### [Banking Structures, Market Forces, and Economic Freedom: Lessons from Argentina and Mexico ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/banking-structures-market-forces-economic-freedom-lessons-argentina-mexico)

By Warren C. Gruben 

#### [Official Assistance, Economic Freedom, and Policy Change: Is Foreign Aid Like Champagne? ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/official-assistance-economic-freedom-policy-change-foreign-aid-champagne)

By [Ian Vásquez](https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez) 

#### [Economic Freedom and Human Welfare: Some Empirical Findings ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/economic-freedom-human-welfare-some-empirical-findings)

By Herbert G. Grubel 

#### [Employment Prospects of Welfare Recipients: Another Look at the Data ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/employment-prospects-welfare-recipients-another-look-data)

By Robert Kaestner 

#### [The European Monetary Union: A Political Time Bomb ](/cato-journal/fall-1998/european-monetary-union-political-time-bomb)

##### Book Review 

##### [*The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are Rich and Some So Poor* by David S. Landes](/cato-journal/fall-1998/wealth-poverty-nations-why-some-are-rich-some-so-poor-david-s-landes)

By [Deepak Lal](https://www.cato.org/people/deepak-lal) 

##### [*The Cultural foundations of Economic Development: Urban Femaile Entrepreneurship in Ghana* by Emily Chamlee-Wright](/cato-journal/fall-1998/cultural-foundations-economic-development-urban-femaile-entrepreneurship)

By T. David Burns and [Kate Xiao Zhou](https://www.cato.org/people/kate-xiao-zhou) 

##### [*Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of preference Falsification* by Timur Kuran](/cato-journal/fall-1998/private-truths-public-lies-social-consequences-preference-falsification-timur)

By [Daniel B. Klein](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-klein) 

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