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# Spring 2018 

Vol. 41 No. 1 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Putting 97 Million Households through the Wringer ](/regulation/spring-2018/putting-97-million-households-through-wringer)

By Pierre Lemieux 

By imposing “safeguard” tariffs, President Trump has delivered corporate welfare at the expense of Americans.

### [The Patent System at a Crossroads ](/regulation/spring-2018/patent-system-crossroads)

By Jonathan M. Barnett 

A looming Supreme Court decision could either continue or reverse the erosion of intellectual property rights.

### [Miles to Go before We Sleep ](/regulation/spring-2018/miles-go-we-sleep)

By Jonathan Stroud 

*Oil States* is a fight over the use of administrative tribunals, not intellectual property rights.

### [If We Pay Football Players, Why Not Kidney Donors? ](/regulation/spring-2018/we-pay-football-players-why-not-kidney-donors)

By Philip J. Cook and Kimberly D. Krawiec 

The risks are lower and the screening process more rigorous for kidney donors. 

### [Handicapping Financial Reform ](/regulation/spring-2018/handicapping-financial-reform)

By Charles Calomiris 

Will President Trump and new Fed chair Jerome Powell share an ambitious vision of reform?

### [Regulating Banks by Regulating Capital ](/regulation/spring-2018/regulating-banks-regulating-capital)

By Michael L. Davis 

Instead of trying to block banks’ ability to make foolish decisions, regulators should require that they have ample capital to pay off their creditors.

##### Features 

#### [Who Should Pay for Infrastructure? ](/regulation/spring-2018/who-should-pay-infrastructure)

By Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack 

The most daunting impediment in efficient financing is public misperception.

#### [The Return of Antitrust? ](/regulation/spring-2018/return-antitrust)

By [Alan Reynolds](https://www.cato.org/people/alan-reynolds) 

The trouble with grounding policy on legal precedent and political ends, however, is that Congress has passed <em>many</em> laws to promote the special interests of producers at the expense of consumers.

##### For the Record 

##### [Prescription for Lower Drug Prices: More OTC Transitions ](/regulation/spring-2018/prescription-lower-drug-prices-more-otc-transitions)

By [Sam Peltzman](https://www.cato.org/people/sam-peltzman) 

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Achieving Durable Success in the Fight for Regulation ](/regulation/spring-2018/achieving-durable-success-fight-regulation)

By Sam Batkins and [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### In Review 

##### [The *Journal* through Time ](/regulation/spring-2018/free-people-free-markets)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Considering the UBI ](/regulation/spring-2018/basic-income)

By Greg Kaza 

##### [Becoming More Sympathetic with ‘Black Lives Matter’ ](/regulation/spring-2018/locking-our-own)

By Dwight R. Lee 

##### [The Pope and the Markets ](/regulation/spring-2018/pope-francis-caring-society)

By George C. Leef 

##### [Defending the Free Market from Laissez-Faire? ](/regulation/spring-2018/americas-free-market-myths)

By Phil R. Murray 

##### [Against Tribal Instincts ](/regulation/spring-2018/fatal-conceit)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [How We Dodged a Bullet ](/regulation/spring-2018/failed-welfare-revolution)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Were Federal Prosecutors Really Chicken? ](/regulation/spring-2018/chickenshit-club)

By Vern McKinley 

##### [Imagine What Future Generations Will Think of Us ](/regulation/spring-2018/wtf-economic-tour-weird)

By Dwight R. Lee 

##### [Above All, Try Something—Anything ](/regulation/spring-2018/straight-talk-trade)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/spring-2018/working-papers)

By [Peter Van Doren](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-van-doren) 

##### Final Word 

##### [Brother, Can You Legally Spare a Dime? ](/regulation/spring-2018/brother-can-you-legally-spare-dime)

By A. Barton Hinkle 

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