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# Jul/​Aug 1983 

Vol. 7 No. 4 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [Protection at Any Price? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/protection-any-price)

By Murray L. Weidenbaum and [Michael Munger](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-munger) 

##### Features 

#### [Restoring the Separation of Powers ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/restoring-separation-powers)

#### [Reflections from the Losing Side ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/reflections-losing-side)

By Michael Davidson 

#### [Why Local Rates are Rising ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/why-local-rates-are-rising)

By Leland L. Johnson 

#### [A Legacy of Regulatory Failure ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/legacy-regulatory-failure)

By Nina W. Cornell, Michael D. Pelcovits, and Steven R. Brenner 

#### [The Case for Freeing At&T ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/case-freeing-att)

By Robert D. Willig and Michael L. Katz 

##### Letters 

##### [Oil Divorcement: Refining the Issues ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/oil-divorcement-refining-issues)

##### [The Roots of Reform ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/roots-reform)

##### Perspectives 

##### [How to Turn Grandfather Drugs into Orphans ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/how-turn-grandfather-drugs-orphans)

##### [A Case of Labor Market Pains ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/case-labor-market-pains)

##### [Clean Water: Apocalypse Later ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/clean-water-apocalypse-later)

##### [U.S.-Canadian Railroads: Bordering on Frustration ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/us-canadian-railroads-bordering-frustration)

##### [In Brief ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/brief)

##### Readings 

##### [Early Retirement for Buses? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/early-retirement-buses)

##### [Truth-in-Simplification ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/truth-simplification)

##### [On the Road to Private “Infrastructure” ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/road-private-infrastructure)

##### [Showdown in Solano County ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/showdown-solano-county)

##### [Untamed Regulators of the North ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/untamed-regulators-north)

##### [Legitimacy through Bargaining? ](/regulation/jul/aug-1983/legitimacy-through-bargaining)

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