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# Winter 2006 

Vol. 26 No. 1 

Simeon Djankov, Jose Montalvo and Martal Reynal-Querol on Foreign Aid, Janice Hauge on Medicare and HSA's, and more...

##### Articles 

#### [Does Foreign Aid Help? ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/does-foreign-aid-help)

By Simeon Djankov, Jose G. Montalvo, and Marta Reynal-Querol 

#### [Corruption and Human Development ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/corruption-human-development)

By Selcuk Akcay 

#### [Does a Less Active Central Bank Lead to Greater Economic Stability? Evidence from the European Monetary Union ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/does-less-active-central-bank-lead-greater-economic-stability-evidence)

By Elham Mafi-Kreft and Russell L. Lamb 

#### [Road Pricing in Singapore after 30 Years ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/road-pricing-singapore-after-30-years)

By Gregory B. Christainsen 

#### [How Global Investors Might Rid Themselves of Asian-type Crises ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/how-global-investors-might-rid-themselves-asian-type-crises)

By Stephen Matteo Miller 

#### [Does Gun Control Reduce Crime or Does Crime Increase Gun Control? ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/does-gun-control-reduce-crime-or-does-crime-increase-gun-control)

By John C. Moorhouse and Brent Wanner 

#### [Contradictory Incentives in the Medicare + Choice Medical Savings Account Program ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/contradictory-incentives-medicare-choice-medical-savings-account-program)

By Janice A. Hauge 

#### [The Impact of Indirect Government Controls on U.S. Drug Prices and R&D ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/impact-indirect-government-controls-us-drug-prices-rd)

By Rexford E. Santerre, John A. Vernon, and Carmelo Giaccotto 

#### [Rent Seeking in U.S.-Mexican Avocado Trade ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/rent-seeking-us-mexican-avocado-trade)

By Russell L. Lamb 

#### [Coase, Demsetz, and the Unending Externality Debate ](/cato-journal/winter-2006/coase-demsetz-unending-externality-debate)

By Fred S. McChesney 

##### Book Review 

##### [*The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth* by Benjamin M. Friedman](/cato-journal/winter-2006/moral-consequences-economic-growth-benjamin-m-friedman)

By [Will Wilkinson](https://www.cato.org/people/will-wilkinson) 

##### [*The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor — and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!* by Tim Harford](/cato-journal/winter-2006/undercover-economist-exposing-why-rich-are-rich-poor-are-poor-why-you-can)

By Robert Formaini 

##### [*Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy* by John Dunn](/cato-journal/winter-2006/setting-people-free-story-democracy-john-dunn)

By [Patrick Basham](https://www.cato.org/people/patrick-basham) 

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