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# Nov/​Dec 1978 

Vol. 2 No. 6 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [Crying Wolf ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/crying-wolf)

By John Claybrook 

##### Features 

#### [Ballad of the “Right Price” ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/ballad-right-price)

By Bruce Knight 

#### [Applying Economics to an Imperfect World ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/applying-economics-imperfect-world)

By Alfred Kahn 

#### [The Rising Impact of Minimum Wages ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/rising-impact-minimum-wages)

By Finis Welch 

#### [Apples and Aliens: Growers Challenge Feds over Who Does the Picking ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/apples-aliens-growers-challenge-feds-over-who-does-picking)

By Edward Cowan 

#### [Achieving Deregulation: A Public Choice Perspective ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/achieving-deregulation-public-choice-perspective)

By Gordon Tullock 

##### Letters 

##### [The Humanism of Privacy ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/humanism-privacy)

##### [Air Emission Rights ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/air-emission-rights)

##### Perspectives 

##### [Obscenity, Indecency, and the FCC ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/obscenity-indecency-fcc)

##### [If You Believe in Peanut Butter, Read This ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/you-believe-peanut-butter-read)

##### [HEW and DOT Confront Discrimination against the Handicapped ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/hew-dot-confront-discrimination-against-handicapped)

##### [In Brief ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/brief)

##### [Regulators and the Polls ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/regulators-polls)

##### Readings 

##### [Research and Refusal ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/research-refusal)

##### [The Perils of Bigness ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/perils-bigness)

##### [The ABA on Regulatory Reform ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/aba-regulatory-reform)

##### [Environmental Imperialism ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/environmental-imperialism)

##### [Politics and Economics ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/politics-economics)

##### [From Policy to Program ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/policy-program)

##### [The Constitution and the Legislative Veto ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/constitution-legislative-veto)

##### [The Benefits of Bigness ](/regulation/nov/dec-1978/benefits-bigness)

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