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# Summer 2016 

Vol. 39 No. 2 

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##### From the Cover 

### [Reducing Wasteful Incarcerations ](/regulation/summer-2016/reducing-wasteful-incarcerations)

By Christopher Robertson and Jamie Cox Robertson 

Society would benefit from rewarding attorneys for identifying the wrongly and unnecessarily imprisoned.

### [Some Noodging about Nudging ](/regulation/summer-2016/some-noodging-about-nudging)

By [John Hasnas](https://www.cato.org/people/john-hasnas) 

Four questions about libertarian paternalism.

### [Researcher Perceptions of Lawful, Concealed Carry of Handguns ](/regulation/summer-2016/researcher-perceptions-lawful-concealed-carry-handguns)

By John R. Lott, Jr. and Gary A. Mauser 

Do economists and criminologists differ in their views of firearms’ effects on crime and suicide?

##### Features 

#### [Does Federal Aid Drive College Tuition? ](/regulation/summer-2016/does-federal-aid-drive-college-tuition)

By Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman 

The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pricing.

#### [Infantilization by Regulation ](/regulation/summer-2016/infantilization-regulation)

By Jonathan Klick and Greg Mitchell 

Like helicopter parenting, government policies to protect people from “cognitive biases” risk stunting their ability to avoid and handle mistakes.

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Should Restaurant Tipping Be Abolished? ](/regulation/summer-2016/should-restaurant-tipping-be-abolished)

By Richard B. McKenzie 

##### [Would Expanded Family Leave Hurt Workers? ](/regulation/summer-2016/would-expanded-family-leave-hurt-workers)

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

##### [A Practical Approach to Occupational Licensing Reform ](/regulation/summer-2016/practical-approach-occupational-licensing-reform)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Free Parking’s High Cost on Transit ](/regulation/summer-2016/free-parkings-high-cost-transit)

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

##### In Review 

##### [Saving Capitalism from Robert Reich ](/regulation/summer-2016/saving-capitalism-robert-reich)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [The Intersection of Fiscal and Regulatory Policy ](/regulation/summer-2016/intersection-fiscal-regulatory-policy)

By Sam Batkins 

##### [Progressivism’s Tainted Label ](/regulation/summer-2016/progressivisms-tainted-label)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Applying Coase ](/regulation/summer-2016/applying-coase)

By Timothy J. Brennan 

##### [Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Economists ](/regulation/summer-2016/hedgehogs-foxes-economists)

By Phil R. Murray 

##### [Liberty and the Ruling Class ](/regulation/summer-2016/liberty-ruling-class)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Great Data, Disappointing Economics ](/regulation/summer-2016/great-data-disappointing-economics)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/summer-2016/working-papers)

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

##### Final Word 

##### [Bootleggers and Mounties ](/regulation/summer-2016/bootleggers-mounties)

By Marni Soupcoff 

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