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# Jan/​Feb 1983 

Vol. 7 No. 1 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [On Not Enforcing the Law ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/not-enforcing-law)

By Frank H. Easterbrook 

##### Features 

#### [Global Paternalism: The UN and the New International Regulatory Order ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/global-paternalism-un-new-international-regulatory-order)

By Jeane Kirkpatrick 

#### [Why Not Abolish Antitrust? ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/why-not-abolish-antitrust)

By Fred L. Smith, Jr. 

#### [A Dubious Bill of Divorcement: The Case of Oil Refiners and Gas Stations ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/dubious-bill-divorcement-case-oil-refiners-gas-stations)

By John Barron and John Umbeck 

#### [Undue Diligence: The Mine-it-or-Lose-It Rule for Federal Coal ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/undue-diligence-mine-it-or-lose-it-rule-federal-coal)

By Robert M. Nelson 

#### [Free Trade: Four American Voices ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/free-trade-four-american-voices)

By Daniel Webster, Alexander Hamilton, Robert J. Walker, & Albert Gallatin 

##### Letters 

##### [A New Era in Merger Enforcement? ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/new-era-merger-enforcement)

##### [Economic Evidence and FTC Rulemakings ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/economic-evidence-ftc-rulemakings)

##### [Deregulating the Electric Utility Industry ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/deregulating-electric-utility-industry)

##### Perspectives 

##### [Truth vs. Provability at the FTC ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/truth-vs-provability-ftc)

##### [A Taxing Approach to Protection ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/taxing-approach-protection)

##### [OMB’s “Wall of Separation” against Tax-Funded Advocacy ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/ombs-wall-separation-against-tax-funded-advocacy)

##### [Is HHS Deadening the Pain of Competition? ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/hhs-deadening-pain-competition)

##### Readings 

##### [Why Private Transit Works ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/why-private-transit-works)

##### [Guidelines to Nowhere ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/guidelines-nowhere)

##### [Should Investors Share the Wealth? ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/should-investors-share-wealth)

##### [Worker Safety and the Coal Market ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/worker-safety-coal-market)

##### [Measuring White House Influence over Independent Regulators ](/regulation/jan/feb-1983/measuring-white-house-influence-over-independent-regulators)

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