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# Fall 1998 

Vol. 21 No. 4 

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##### Features 

#### [Where the Boys Are: Sex Ratios and Environment ](/regulation/fall-1998/where-boys-are-sex-ratios-environment)

#### [Emissions Trading for Global Warming ](/regulation/fall-1998/emissions-trading-global-warming)

By James L. Johnston 

#### [Lies, Damned Lies, and 400,000 Smoking-Related Deaths ](/regulation/fall-1998/lies-damned-lies-400000-smoking-related-deaths)

By [Robert A. Levy](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-levy) and Rosalind B. Marimont 

#### [Keeping it Simple: Making Regulators Write in Plain Language ](/regulation/fall-1998/keeping-it-simple-making-regulators-write-plain-language)

By Vern McKinley 

#### [The Environmental Transition to Air Quality ](/regulation/fall-1998/environmental-transition-air-quality)

By Indur M. Goklany 

#### [Getting Beyond the Managed Care Backlash ](/regulation/fall-1998/getting-beyond-managed-care-backlash)

By [Tom Miller](https://www.cato.org/people/tom-miller) and Gregory Conko 

##### Columns 

#### [Steel: The Other Side of the Story ](/regulation/fall-1998/steel-other-side-story)

By [Brink Lindsey](https://www.cato.org/people/brink-lindsey) 

#### [Who Decides if Children Are Vaccinated ](/regulation/fall-1998/who-decides-children-are-vaccinated)

By Sue A. Blevins 

#### [The Woburn Controversy: What We Know ](/regulation/fall-1998/woburn-controversy-what-we-know)

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

#### [Sending Truckers Down a Slippery Slope ](/regulation/fall-1998/sending-truckers-down-slippery-slope)

By Frank Wilner 

#### [Playing Hookie ](/regulation/fall-1998/playing-hookie)

By Sheldon L. Richman 

##### Letters 

##### [More on “Murder by Medicare” ](/regulation/fall-1998/more-murder-medicare)

##### [An M.D. Reacts to “Murder by Medicare” ](/regulation/fall-1998/md-reacts-murder-medicare)

##### [Another M.D. Weighs in ](/regulation/fall-1998/another-md-weighs)

##### [Score One for the FDA ](/regulation/fall-1998/score-one-fda)

##### [Railroad Regulation Is Hardly Onerous ](/regulation/fall-1998/railroad-regulation-hardly-onerous)

##### Perspectives 

##### [Changing of the Guard ](/regulation/fall-1998/changing-guard)

##### [“It’s the FDA. We’re Here to Burn Your Books” ](/regulation/fall-1998/its-fda-were-here-burn-books)

##### [Free Speech vs. the FDA: Direct-to-Consumer Ads ](/regulation/fall-1998/free-speech-vs-fda-direct-consumer-ads)

##### [A Tangled Web: IOLTA and the Banks ](/regulation/fall-1998/tangled-web-iolta-banks)

##### Readings 

##### [Do Deficits Matter? ](/regulation/fall-1998/do-deficits-matter)

##### [Fiscal Policy: Lessons From Economic Research ](/regulation/fall-1998/fiscal-policy-lessons-economic-research)

##### [Public Policy Toward Pensions ](/regulation/fall-1998/public-policy-toward-pensions)

##### [The Economics Of Conservation Programs ](/regulation/fall-1998/economics-conservation-programs)

##### [Telecommunications Policy Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? ](/regulation/fall-1998/telecommunications-policy-have-regulators-dialed-wrong-number)

##### [Derailed ](/regulation/fall-1998/derailed)

##### [Railroad Mergers History Analysis Insight ](/regulation/fall-1998/railroad-mergers-history-analysis-insight)

##### [International Comparisons Of Electricity Regulation ](/regulation/fall-1998/international-comparisons-electricity-regulation)

##### [The Post-Cold War Trading System: Who’s on First? ](/regulation/fall-1998/post-cold-war-trading-system-whos-first)

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