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# Sept/​Oct 1981 

Vol. 5 No. 5 

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##### Viewpoint 

### [Has Reagan Dropped the Ball? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/has-reagan-dropped-ball)

By Robert W. Crandall 

##### Features 

#### [A Global Straitjacket ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/global-straitjacket)

By Richard Berryman and Richard Schifter 

#### [Nursing the Railroads Back to Health ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/nursing-railroads-back-health)

By Mark M. Levin and Bruce N. Stram 

#### [Unsnarling the Federal Grant System ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/unsnarling-federal-grant-system)

By Claude E. Barfield 

#### [Does Overregulation Cause Underregulation? The Case of Toxic Substances ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/does-overregulation-cause-underregulation-case-toxic-substances)

By John Mendeloff 

##### Letters 

##### [White House Oversight ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/white-house-oversight)

##### [Cable TV and Copyright Law ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/cable-tv-copyright-law)

##### [Affirmative Action for Federal Contractors ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/affirmative-action-federal-contractors)

##### Perspectives 

##### [The Poor Man’s Voucher? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/poor-mans-voucher)

##### [When Patients Know What’s Good for Them ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/when-patients-know-whats-good-them)

##### [Saving the Cities… ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/saving-cities)

##### […and Saving the Country ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/saving-country)

##### [*Ford Motor Co. v. FTC*: No Rule without a Rulemaking?](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/ford-motor-co-v-ftc-no-rule-without-rulemaking)

##### [In Brief ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/brief)

##### Readings 

##### [An Early Report on Free Skies ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/early-report-free-skies)

##### [Oil Price Controls in Perspective ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/oil-price-controls-perspective)

##### [Clean Air: Implications for Health ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/clean-air-implications-health)

##### [Risk and Regulation: The Food Additive Case ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/risk-regulation-food-additive-case)

##### [The United States as Common Market ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/united-states-common-market)

##### [The Costs of Product Liability ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/costs-product-liability)

##### [Hospital Insurers: Is There a Conflict of Interest? ](/regulation/sept/oct-1981/hospital-insurers-there-conflict-interest)

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