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# Winter 2013 

Vol. 33 No. 1 

Melissa Yeoh and Dean Stansel on the productivity of public expenditures; Paul Ballonoff on free market solutions to providing electricity to the unserved; Carlos Pestana Barros, Ari Francisco de Araujo Jr. and João Ricardo Faria on land conflicts in Brazil; James A. Dorn on the role of China in the US debt crisis; and more...

##### Articles 

#### [Is Public Expenditure Productive? Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in U.S. Cities, 1880–1920 ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/public-expenditure-productive-evidence-manufacturing-sector-us-cities-1880)

By Melissa Yeoh and Dean Stansel 

#### [Providing Access to Electricity for the Unserved: A Free-Market Solution ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/providing-access-electricity-unserved-free-market-solution)

By Paul Ballonoff 

#### [Brazilian Land Tenure and Conflicts: The Landless Peasants Movement ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/brazilian-land-tenure-conflicts-landless-peasants-movement)

By Carlos Pestana Barros, Ari Francisco de Araujo Jr., and João Ricardo Faria 

#### [The Role of China in the U.S. Debt Crisis ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/role-china-us-debt-crisis)

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

#### [Diminishing Quality of Fiscal Institutions in the United States and European Union ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/diminishing-quality-fiscal-institutions-united-states-european-union)

By Thomas Grennes 

#### [Economic Freedom and Financial Development: International Evidence ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/economic-freedom-financial-development-international-evidence)

By R.W. Hafer 

#### [School Choice and Development: Evidence from the Edgewood Experiment ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/school-choice-development-evidence-edgewood-experiment)

By John Merrifield and Nathan L. Gray 

#### [Incredible Commitments: Why the EMU Is Destroying Both Europe and Itself ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/incredible-commitments-why-emu-destroying-both-europe-itself)

By [George Selgin](https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin) 

#### [IMF Subsidies, Cancellations, and Resumptions: New Empirical Evidence ](/cato-journal/winter-2013/imf-subsidies-cancellations-resumptions-new-empirical-evidence)

By Adrian Urbaczka and Roland Vaubel 

##### Book Reviews 

##### [*Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency* by Daniel Klaidman](/cato-journal/winter-2013/kill-or-capture-war-terror-soul-obama-presidency-daniel-klaidman)

By [Benjamin H. Friedman](https://www.cato.org/people/benjamin-friedman) 

##### [*Knowledge and Cooperation: A Liberal Interpretation* by Daniel B. Klein](/cato-journal/winter-2013/knowledge-cooperation-liberal-interpretation-daniel-b-klein)

By [Richard L. Gordon](https://www.cato.org/people/richard-gordon) 

##### [*The Case for Polarized Politics: Why America Needs Social Conservatism* by Jeffrey Bell](/cato-journal/winter-2013/case-polarized-politics-why-america-needs-social-conservatism-jeffrey-bell)

By David Lampo 

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