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# Nov/​Dec 1977 

Vol. 1 No. 3 

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##### Features 

#### [Viewpoint: Regulation, Liberty, and Equality ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/viewpoint-regulation-liberty-equality)

By Jeane Kirkpatrick 

#### [Safety at Any Price ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/safety-any-price)

By Walter Y. Oi 

#### [Competition in the Airlines ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/competition-airlines)

By Edward M. Kennedy, Albert V. Casey, M. Lamar Muse, Edwin I. Colodny, & John E. Robson 

#### [Regulators and Experts — A Modest Proposal ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/regulators-experts-modest-proposal)

By James C. Miller III 

#### [Book Review: *Capitalism and the Intellectuals*](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/book-review-capitalism-intellectuals)

By Robert Nisbet 

##### Letters 

##### [Kristol on Regulation ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/kristol-regulation)

##### Perspectives 

##### [DNA Regulation: Can the Genie be Rebottled? ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/dna-regulation-can-genie-be-rebottled)

##### [A Soap Opera — To Be Continued ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/soap-opera-be-continued)

##### [Making Appliances more “Energy-Efficient” ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/making-appliances-more-energy-efficient)

##### [Citizens’ Band — Citizens’ Language ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/citizens-band-citizens-language)

##### [Benzene and Worker Health ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/benzene-worker-health)

##### [No-Fault Auto Insurance: A Federal Role? ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/no-fault-auto-insurance-federal-role)

##### [Lawn Mowers, Matchbooks, and Architectural Glass ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/lawn-mowers-matchbooks-architectural-glass)

##### Readings 

##### [Who Will Pay the Energy Bill? ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/who-will-pay-energy-bill)

##### [Of Our Own Making ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/our-own-making)

##### [A Senate Report on the Regulatory Process ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/senate-report-regulatory-process)

##### [The Privacy Commission Reports ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/privacy-commission-reports)

##### [Regulatory Costs at Six Campuses ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/regulatory-costs-six-campuses)

##### [Regulating Higher Education ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/regulating-higher-education)

##### [Too Much Form, Too Little Content ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/too-much-form-too-little-content)

##### [Multinationals and NCEs ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/multinationals-nces)

##### [Small Steps and Hybrids ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/small-steps-hybrids)

##### [The Search for OSHA ](/regulation/nov/dec-1977/search-osha)

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