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# Mar/​Apr 1979 

Vol. 3 No. 2 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [Needs and Licenses ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/needs-licenses)

By Michael Petschuk 

##### Features 

#### [Ruminations on a Rat: Saccharin and Human Risk ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/ruminations-rat-saccharin-human-risk)

By William R. Havender 

#### [Report of the President’s Commission on Antitrust ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/report-presidents-commission-antitrust)

By Joe Sims 

#### [Reflections on the Election Commission ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/reflections-election-commission)

By Neil O. Staebler 

#### [Racial Reasoning in Unfree Markets: Preference, Prejudice, and Difference ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/racial-reasoning-unfree-markets-preference-prejudice-difference)

By [Walter E. Williams](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-williams) 

#### [How Smoking Increased When TV Advertising of Cigarettes Was Banned ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/how-smoking-increased-when-tv-advertising-cigarettes-was-banned)

By Gideon Doron 

##### Letters 

##### [The Minimum Wage ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/minimum-wage)

##### [What Price Safety? ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/what-price-safety)

##### [Of Polls and Pollsters ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/polls-pollsters)

##### Perspectives 

##### [Blowing Bubbles at EPA ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/blowing-bubbles-epa)

##### [The Sears Catalog of Litigation ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/sears-catalog-litigation)

##### [Catalog of Complaints ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/catalog-complaints)

##### [Sour Lemons at the FTC ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/sour-lemons-ftc)

##### [In Brief ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/brief)

##### [No Confidence in Old Trusts ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/no-confidence-old-trusts)

##### Readings 

##### [How Society Makes Life and Death Choices ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/how-society-makes-life-death-choices)

##### [Human Health and Environmental Priorities ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/human-health-environmental-priorities)

##### [Modern Regulation Begins ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/modern-regulation-begins)

##### [Why States Regulate Electric Utilities ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/why-states-regulate-electric-utilities)

##### [Tactics for Reducing Prices ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/tactics-reducing-prices)

##### [The Courts and the Spending Power ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/courts-spending-power)

##### [Broadcast Nonregulation ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/broadcast-nonregulation)

##### [Politics and the FCC ](/regulation/mar/apr-1979/politics-fcc)

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