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# January/​February 1996 

Vol. 18 No. 1 

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##### From the Cover 

### [The Foundations of a Free Society ](/policy-report/january/february-1996/foundations-free-society)

By Nathaniel Branden 

##### Features 

#### [Opting Out of Government Failure ](/policy-report/january/february-1996/opting-out-government-failure)

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

#### [Book Review: *Money and Markets in the Americas: New Challenges for Hemispheric Integration*](/policy-report/january/february-1996/book-review-money-markets-americas-new-challenges-hemispheric)

#### [Book Review: *Economic Freedom of the World: 1975–1995*](/policy-report/january/february-1996/book-review-economic-freedom-world-1975-1995)

#### [Policy Forum: Civil Liberties and Criminal Justice ](/policy-report/january/february-1996/policy-forum-civil-liberties-criminal-justice)

#### [Cato Events ](/policy-report/january/february-1996/cato-events)

#### [*Regulation:* QWERTY, Windows, and the myth of path dependence; Secondhand Smoke Risk Is Overrated](/policy-report/january/february-1996/regulation-qwerty-windows-myth-path-dependence-secondhand-smoke)

#### [Cato Studies ](/policy-report/january/february-1996/cato-studies)

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