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# Fall 2009 

Vol. 29 No. 3 

Andrei Shleifer on Peter Bauer and the failure of foreign aid, Jason Kuznicki on American race relations and government power, Masoud Moghaddam and Hallie Elich on predicting the incumbent party vote share in U.S. presidential elections, and more...

##### Articles 

#### [Peter Bauer and the Failure of Foreign Aid ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/peter-bauer-failure-foreign-aid)

By Andrei Shleifer 

#### [What Can Aid Do? ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/what-can-aid-do)

By David B. Skarbek and Peter T. Leeson 

#### [Vikings in Greece: Kleptocratic Interest Groups in a Closed, Rent-Seeking Economy ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/vikings-greece-kleptocratic-interest-groups-closed-rent-seeking-economy)

By Michael Mitsopoulos and Theodore Pelagidis 

#### [Never a Neutral State: American Race Relations and Government Power ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/never-neutral-state-american-race-relations-government-power)

By [Jason Kuznicki](https://www.cato.org/people/jason-kuznicki) 

#### [Predicting the Incumbent Party Vote Share in U.S. Presidential Elections ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/predicting-incumbent-party-vote-share-us-presidential-elections)

By Masoud Moghaddam 

#### [Tax-Spend or Fiscal Illusion? ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/tax-spend-or-fiscal-illusion)

By Andrew T. Young 

#### [Starve the Beast: A Further Examination ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/starve-beast-further-examination)

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

#### [Scientific Shortcomings in the EPA’s Endangerment Finding from Greenhouse Gases ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/scientific-shortcomings-epas-endangerment-finding-greenhouse-gases)

By [Patrick J. Michaels](https://www.cato.org/people/patrick-michaels) and [Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger](https://www.cato.org/people/chip-knappenberger) 

#### [Trade Protectionism and Electoral Outcome ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/trade-protectionism-electoral-outcome)

By Miaojie Yu 

#### [The Undemanding Ethics of Capitalism ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/undemanding-ethics-capitalism)

By [William A. Niskanen](https://www.cato.org/people/william-niskanen) 

#### [The Misuse of Economic History: Flawed Analogies with Japan’s “Liquidity Trap” and the Great Depression ](/cato-journal/fall-2009/misuse-economic-history-flawed-analogies-japans-liquidity-trap-great)

By [Alan Reynolds](https://www.cato.org/people/alan-reynolds) 

##### Book Review 

##### [*Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism* by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller](/cato-journal/fall-2009/animal-spirits-how-human-psychology-drives-economy-why-it-matters-global)

By [Jagadeesh Gokhale](https://www.cato.org/people/jagadeesh-gokhale) 

##### [*Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict* by Michael Doyle](/cato-journal/fall-2009/striking-first-preemption-prevention-international-conflict-michael-doyle)

By [Christopher A. Preble](https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-preble) 

##### [*Economic Development and Transition: Thought, Strategy, and Viability* by Justin Yifu Lin](/cato-journal/fall-2009/economic-development-transition-thought-strategy-viability-justin-yifu-lin)

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

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