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# Spring 2008 

Vol. 31 No. 1 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom-and-Pop? ](/regulation/spring-2008/has-wal-mart-buried-mom-pop)

By Russell S. Sobel 

Does small business decline when Wal-Mart enters the market?

##### Features 

#### [The Temptation of Media Regulation ](/regulation/spring-2008/temptation-media-regulation)

By Bruce M. Owen 

Why not unbundle episodes or innings?

#### [Global Warming and Social Justice ](/regulation/spring-2008/global-warming-social-justice)

By Eric A. Posner 

Do we owe the world for climate change?

#### [Four Lessons from the Whole Foods Case ](/regulation/spring-2008/four-lessons-whole-foods-case)

By Thomas A. Lambert 

The antitrust analysis of mergers should be reconsidered.

#### [A Solution to Airport Delays ](/regulation/spring-2008/solution-airport-delays)

By Tom Whalen, Dennis W. Carlton, Ken Heyer, & Oliver Richard 

An auction for takeoff and landing slots would make more efficient use of scarce resources.

#### [Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom-and-Pop? ](/regulation/spring-2008/has-wal-mart-buried-mom-pop-0)

By Russell S. Sobel 

Does small business decline when Wal-Mart enters the market?

#### [The Economics of Naked Short Selling ](/regulation/spring-2008/economics-naked-short-selling)

By Christopher Culp and J.B. Heaton 

Naked shorting is little different from permissible 
shorting.

#### [The “Phantom Shares” Menace ](/regulation/spring-2008/phantom-shares-menace)

By John Welborn 

Naked short selling distorts shareholder control.

##### In Review 

##### [Book Review: *They Meant Well*](/regulation/spring-2008/book-review-they-meant-well)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Book Review: *Origins of American Health Insurance*](/regulation/spring-2008/book-review-origins-american-health-insurance)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Book Review: *Bulldozed*](/regulation/spring-2008/book-review-bulldozed)

By George C. Leef 

##### For the Record 

##### [A Final Response to Menell ](/regulation/spring-2008/final-response-menell)

By [Richard A. Epstein](https://www.cato.org/people/richard-epstein) 

##### [Coroners and “The Big Kill” ](/regulation/spring-2008/coroners-big-kill)

By [Veronique de Rugy](https://www.cato.org/people/veronique-derugy) 

##### Final Word 

##### [Facebooking the Candidates ](/regulation/spring-2008/facebooking-candidates)

By Marni Soupcoff 

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