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# Spring/​Summer 2005 

Vol. 25 No. 2 

Creating a Competitive Education Industry

##### Articles 

#### [Creating a Competitive Education Industry (Introduction) ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/creating-competitive-education-industry-introduction)

By John Merrifield and [David F. Salisbury](https://www.cato.org/people/david-salisbury) 

#### [The Competitive Education Industry Concept and Why it Deserves More Scrutiny ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/competitive-education-industry-concept-why-it-deserves-more-scrutiny)

By John Merrifield and [David F. Salisbury](https://www.cato.org/people/david-salisbury) 

#### [Public Problems, Private Solutions: School Choice and Its Consequences ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/public-problems-private-solutions-school-choice-its-consequences)

By Mark Harrison 

#### [The Extent and Nature of Waste and Rent Dissipation in U.S. Public Education ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/extent-nature-waste-rent-dissipation-us-public-education)

By John T. Wenders 

#### [Education Research Flounders in the Absence of Competition from For-Profit Schools ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/education-research-flounders-absence-competition-profit-schools)

By Myron Lieberman 

#### [Defining the Education Market: Reconsidering Charter Schools ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/defining-education-market-reconsidering-charter-schools)

By Lisa Snell 

#### [Market-Based Education: What Can We Learn from Universities? ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/market-based-education-what-can-we-learn-universities)

By Richard K. Vedder 

#### [Education Reform As Economic Reform ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/education-reform-economic-reform)

By Evan Osborne 

#### [Specialization in a Competitive Education Industry: Areas and Impacts ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/specialization-competitive-education-industry-areas-impacts)

By John Merrifield 

#### [Measuring Market Education: Suggestions for Ranking School Choice Reforms ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/measuring-market-education-suggestions-ranking-school-choice-reforms)

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

#### [Capital Flows, Overheating, and the Nominal Exchange Rate Regime in China ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/capital-flows-overheating-nominal-exchange-rate-regime-china)

By Fred Hu 

#### [In Defense of Outsourcing ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/defense-outsourcing)

By Timothy Taylor 

#### [Leadership, Prisoners’ Dilemmas, and Politics ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/leadership-prisoners-dilemmas-politics)

By J. R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee 

#### [Religious Freedom and Economic Prosperity ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/religious-freedom-economic-prosperity)

By Ilan Alon and Gregory Chase 

#### [Coasian Contracts in the Coeur D’Alene Mining District ](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/coasian-contracts-coeur-dalene-mining-district)

By [Robert Higgs](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-higgs) 

##### Book Review 

##### [*Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics, and Justice* by Rebecca M. Blank and William McGurn](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/market-moral-dialogue-religion-economics-justice-rebecca-m-blank)

By [Doug Bandow](https://www.cato.org/people/doug-bandow) 

##### [*Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred* by John Lukacs](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/democracy-populism-fear-hatred-john-lukacs)

By Bob Bauer 

##### [*Interest and Prices: Foundations of a Theory of Monetary Policy* by Michael Woodford](/cato-journal/spring/summer-2005/interest-prices-foundations-theory-monetary-policy-michael-woodford)

By Robert Formaini 

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