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# Fall 2002 

Vol. 22 No. 2 

William A. Niskanen on the death of the Phillips Curve, Clifford F. Thies on the 19th-century American railroad, and more...

##### Articles 

#### [On the Death of the Phillips Curve ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/death-phillips-curve)

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

#### [Interest-Bearing Currency and Legal Restrictions Theory:Lessons from the Southern Confederacy ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/interest-bearing-currency-legal-restrictions-theorylessons-southern)

By Richard C.K. Burdekin and Marc D. Weidenmier 

#### [Rent Seeking and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of U.S.States ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/rent-seeking-economic-growth-evidence-panel-usstates)

By Ismail M. Cole and M. Arshad Chawdhry 

#### [The American Railroad Network during the Early 19th Century:Private versus Public Enterprise ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/american-railroad-network-during-early-19th-centuryprivate-versus-public)

By Clifford F. Thies 

#### [Economic Growth and Poverty: In Search of Trickle-Down ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/economic-growth-poverty-search-trickle-down)

By Seth W. Norton 

#### [Banking Collapse and Restructuring in Indonesia, 1997 –2001 ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/banking-collapse-restructuring-indonesia-1997-2001)

By George Fane and Ross H. McLeod 

#### [Rethinking Foreign Aid ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/rethinking-foreign-aid)

By Evan Osborne 

#### [Hong Kong ’s Mandatory Provident Fund ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/hong-kong-s-mandatory-provident-fund)

By Alan Siu 

#### [The Impact of Taxation on Unemployment in OECD Countries ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/impact-taxation-unemployment-oecd-countries)

By Bernhard Heitger 

#### [Economic Development and Freedom:The Legacy of Peter Bauer ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/economic-development-freedomthe-legacy-peter-bauer)

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

#### [The Need for Monetary Reform in Mexico ](/cato-journal/fall-2002/need-monetary-reform-mexico)

By Manuel Sanchez 

##### Book Review 

##### [*The Rule of Law in America* by Ronald A. Cass](/cato-journal/fall-2002/rule-law-america-ronald-cass)

By Randolph J. May 

##### [*Back-Alley Banking: Private Entrepreneurs in China* by Kellee S. Tsai](/cato-journal/fall-2002/back-alley-banking-private-entrepreneurs-china-kellee-s-tsai)

By John Welborn 

##### [*Justice and Its Surroundings* by Anthony de Jasay](/cato-journal/fall-2002/justice-its-surroundings-anthony-de-jasay)

By [Tom G. Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-g-palmer) 

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