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# Fall 1993 

Vol. 16 No. 4 

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##### Features 

#### [A New Technology Policy for the United States? ](/regulation/fall-1993/new-technology-policy-united-states)

By Murray L. Weidenbaum 

#### [Lessons from the Cutting Edge: The HDTV Experience ](/regulation/fall-1993/lessons-cutting-edge-hdtv-experience)

By Cynthia A. Beltz 

#### [What’s All This About Japanese Technology Policy? ](/regulation/fall-1993/whats-all-about-japanese-technology-policy)

By Gary R. Saxonhouse 

#### [U.S. Trade Laws Harm U.S. Industries ](/regulation/fall-1993/us-trade-laws-harm-us-industries)

By James Bovard 

#### [How U.S. Financial Regulations Reduce the Time Horizons for U.S. Investment ](/regulation/fall-1993/how-us-financial-regulations-reduce-time-horizons-us-investment)

By Michael T. Jacobs 

#### [Using the Market to Find Common Ground ](/regulation/fall-1993/using-market-find-common-ground)

By Richard Edwards 

#### [Denying Access to Life-Saving Technologies ](/regulation/fall-1993/denying-access-life-saving-technologies)

By Susan Feigenbaum 

##### Letters 

##### [Insurance Industry Doing Fine ](/regulation/fall-1993/insurance-industry-doing-fine)

##### [Jury Still Out on Health of Insurance Industry ](/regulation/fall-1993/jury-still-out-health-insurance-industry)

##### [Creating Competition in Telecommunications ](/regulation/fall-1993/creating-competition-telecommunications)

##### Currents 

##### [The Abuse of Power (Continued) ](/regulation/fall-1993/abuse-power-continued)

##### [Dual-Class Stock, Telecommunications, and the SEC ](/regulation/fall-1993/dual-class-stock-telecommunications-sec)

##### [The Disappointments of Affirmative Action: Reputational and Other Effects ](/regulation/fall-1993/disappointments-affirmative-action-reputational-other-effects)

##### [Fire, Rats, and the Endangered Species Act ](/regulation/fall-1993/fire-rats-endangered-species-act)

##### Readings 

##### [Regulatory Common Sense vs. Environmental Nonsense ](/regulation/fall-1993/regulatory-common-sense-vs-environmental-nonsense)

##### [The OK Decade ](/regulation/fall-1993/ok-decade)

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