Spring 2008 contents
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opinion
 

An Alternative Vision of Parental Leave
Jessica Brown

The Myth of OPEC
Gaurav Sodhi

  features
 

Policy on Trial
Ross Farrelly

Once More Around the Block
Malcolm Roberts

Preferential Trade Agreements: Is There a Next Step?
David Robertson

A High-Tax Future for Gen X and Y? Medicare and the Intergenerational Crisis
Jeremy Sammut

The Politics of Protection: America and Australia Compared
James Paterson

Common Sense: The Past and Future of the Debate between Libertarians
and Conservatives

John Heard

The Trouble with Religious Hatred Laws
Steve Edwards


  review
 

The New Hysteria
Counterknowledge: How We Surrendered to Conspiracy Theories, Quack Medicine, Bogus Science and Fake History
By Damian Thompson
Reviewed by Munira Mirza

Popper’s Critique of ‘Free-market’ Ideology
After the Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings
By Karl Popper
Edited by Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner
Reflections by Jeremy Shearmur

 

  book_review
 

Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade
By Bill Emmott
Reviewed by Eric Jones

Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—And How We Can Get
More of It

By Arthur C. Brooks
Reviewed by Stephen Whittington

Sex, Science and Profits: How People Evolved to Make Money

By Terence Kealey
Reviewed by Thomas Barlow

The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Edited by David R. Henderson
Reviewed by Jeremy Bray

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left
By Jonah Goldberg
Reviewed by Edwin Dyga

Happiness: A Revolution in Economics
By Bruno S. Frey
Reviewed by Winton Bates

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed by Andrew Norton


 
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