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# March/​April 1999 

Vol. 21 No. 2 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Competing with the Postal Service ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/competing-postal-service)

By Frederick W. Smith 

##### Features 

#### [Niskanen on Social Security ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/niskanen-social-security)

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

#### [Cato Books: “New Handbook for Congress” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/cato-books-new-handbook-congress)

#### [Policy Forum: “Milton Friedman on business suicide” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/policy-forum-milton-friedman-business-suicide)

By Milton Friedman 

#### [Doug Bandow on the draft ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/doug-bandow-draft)

By [Doug Bandow](https://www.cato.org/people/doug-bandow) 

#### [Cato Studies: El Niño or global warming?” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/cato-studies-el-nino-or-global-warming)

By [Patrick J. Michaels](https://www.cato.org/people/patrick-michaels) 

#### [Cato Studies: “Is Social Security Privatization Moral?” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/cato-studies-social-security-privatization-moral)

#### [News Notes: “New Staff at Cato” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/news-notes-new-staff-cato)

#### [Cato Conference: “The end of the postal monopoly?” ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/cato-conference-end-postal-monopoly)

#### [To be governed… ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/be-governed)

#### [Cato University ](/policy-report/march/april-1999/cato-university)

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