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# Fall 2008 

Vol. 28 No. 3 

David Beckworth on macroeconomic stability, Abdoul' Ganiou Mijiyawa on sustained economic growth, J. R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee on censoring and destroying information, and more...

##### Articles 

#### [Aggregate Supply-Driven Deflation and Its Implications for Macroeconomic Stability ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/aggregate-supply-driven-deflation-its-implications-macroeconomic-stability)

By [David Beckworth](https://www.cato.org/people/david-beckworth) 

#### [Sustained Economic Growth: Do Institutions Matter, and Which One Prevails? ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/sustained-economic-growth-do-institutions-matter-which-one-prevails)

By Abdoul’ Ganiou Mijiyawa 

#### [Censoring and Destroying Information in the Information Age ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/censoring-destroying-information-information-age)

By J. R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee 

#### [State Fiscal Crises: Are Rapid Spending Increases to Blame? ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/state-fiscal-crises-are-rapid-spending-increases-blame)

By Dean Stansel and David T. Mitchell 

#### [Small States: Not Handicapped and Under-Aided, but Advantaged and Over-Aided ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/small-states-not-handicapped-under-aided-advantaged-over-aided)

By [Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar](https://www.cato.org/people/swaminathan-s-anklesaria-aiyar) 

#### [Parental Valuation of Charter Schools and Student Performance ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/parental-valuation-charter-schools-student-performance)

By James VanderHoff 

#### [Cold Case Files: The Athenian Grain Merchants, 386 B.C. ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/cold-case-files-athenian-grain-merchants-386-bc)

By Wayne R. Dunham 

#### [State Sanctions and the Decline in Welfare Caseloads ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/state-sanctions-decline-welfare-caseloads)

By [Michael J. New](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-new) 

#### [Creating Financial Harmony: Lessons for China ](/cato-journal/fall-2008/creating-financial-harmony-lessons-china)

By [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

##### Book Review 

##### [*Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade* by Jagdish Bhagwati](/cato-journal/fall-2008/termites-trading-system-how-preferential-agreements-undermine-free-trade)

By [Daniel Griswold](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-griswold) 

##### [*The Swiss National Bank: 1907–2007* by Werner Abegg, Ernst Baltensperger, et al., contributors](/cato-journal/fall-2008/swiss-national-bank-1907-2007-werner-abegg-ernst-baltensperger-et-al)

By Kurt Schuler 

##### [*Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness* by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein](/cato-journal/fall-2008/nudge-improving-decisions-about-health-wealth-happiness-richard-h-thaler-cass)

By [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### [*Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America’s Soul* by Michael Reid](/cato-journal/fall-2008/forgotten-continent-battle-latin-americas-soul-michael-reid)

By [Juan Carlos Hidalgo](https://www.cato.org/people/juan-carlos-hidalgo) 

##### [*Heads in the Sand: How Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats* by Matthew Yglesias](/cato-journal/fall-2008/heads-sand-how-republicans-screw-foreign-policy-foreign-policy-screws)

By [Brendan Rittenhouse Green](https://www.cato.org/people/brendan-rittenhouse-green) 

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