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# Fall 1997 

Vol. 17 No. 2 

Deepak Lal on regulation, Stanley Kober on humility and civil society, and more...

##### Articles 

#### [Economic Freedom, Prosperity, And Equality A Survey ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/economic-freedom-prosperity-equality-survey)

By [Steve H. Hanke](https://www.cato.org/people/steve-h-hanke) and [Stephen J. K. Walters](https://www.cato.org/people/stephen-walters) 

#### [How State Regulation Of The Internet Violates The Commerce Clause ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/how-state-regulation-internet-violates-commerce-clause)

By Dan L. Burk 

#### [The Rationing Of Transplantable Organs A Troubled Lineup ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/rationing-transplantable-organs-troubled-lineup)

By Charles T. Carlstrom and Christy D. Rollow 

#### [The Financing Corporation, Government-Sponsored Enterprises, and Moral Hazard ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/financing-corporation-government-sponsored-enterprises-moral-hazard)

By Keith J. Leggett and Robert W. Strand 

#### [How Poverty Lost Its Meaning ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/how-poverty-lost-its-meaning)

By F. Allan Houston 

#### [From Planning To Regulation Toward A New Dirigisme ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/planning-regulation-toward-new-dirigisme)

By [Deepak Lal](https://www.cato.org/people/deepak-lal) 

#### [The Transformation Of Hearts And Minds In Eastern Europe ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/transformation-hearts-minds-eastern-europe)

By Vojtëch Cepl 

#### [The Spirit Of Humility ](/cato-journal/fall-1997/spirit-humility)

By [Stanley Kober](https://www.cato.org/people/stanley-kober) 

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