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# Sept/​Oct 1979 

Vol. 3 No. 5 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [Why Oil Prices Should Be Decontrolled ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/why-oil-prices-should-be-decontrolled)

By Kenneth J. Arrow and Joseph P. Kalt 

##### Features 

#### [Synthetic Fuels: Should the Government Subsidize Nonconventional Energy Supplies? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/synthetic-fuels-should-government-subsidize-nonconventional-energy-supplies)

By Paul L. Joskow and Robert S. Pindyck 

#### [Rx: More Regulation or Better Therapies? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/rx-more-regulation-or-better-therapies)

By William Wardell 

#### [The Weber Case: Double Talk and Double Standards ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/weber-case-double-talk-double-standards)

By Bernard D. Meltzer 

#### [Regulating Chrysler Out of Business ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/regulating-chrysler-out-business)

By Kenneth W. Clarkson, Charles W. Kadlec, and Arthur Laffer 

#### [Putting the Skids to Meals on Wheels ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/putting-skids-meals-wheels)

By Michael Balzano 

##### Letters 

##### [PACs ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/pacs)

##### Perspectives 

##### [The Tariff Alternative ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/tariff-alternative)

##### [Mobilizing the Energy Regulators ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/mobilizing-energy-regulators)

##### [Letting the Buses Run Free ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/letting-buses-run-free)

##### [Who’s in Charge Here? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/whos-charge-here)

##### [In Brief ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/brief)

##### Readings 

##### [Regulating Business ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/regulating-business)

##### [Costs of Social Regulation ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/costs-social-regulation)

##### [Assessing Oil Import Quotas ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/assessing-oil-import-quotas)

##### [The Economics of Antitrust ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/economics-antitrust)

##### [The Beleaguered Corporation ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/beleaguered-corporation)

##### [The Natural Monopoly Problem ](/regulation/sept/oct-1979/natural-monopoly-problem)

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