Bernanke's Philosopher
The Fed chairman is portrayed as a follower of John Maynard Keynes, but his real inspiration is Milton Friedman.
December 2009
She's Back!
Ayn Rand is bigger than ever. But are her new fans radical enough for capitalism?
Features
The Salvia Ban Wagon
How does terrible drug policy get made? The mad rush to criminalize a psychedelic herb provides a textbook case.
Culture & Reviews
Ready for Her Close-Up
Re-examining Ayn Rand's place in American intellectual and cultural life
Unacknowledged Legislators Impeached
Why isn't the United States doing more for its poets laureate?
Editor's Note
Columns
The Consumer Is Not the Customer
Both parties promise to preserve one of the central problems of the health care system
Glenn Beck's Experimental Melodrama
The Fox News star terrifies America with his realistic news theater.
Where's That Inflation?
The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?
Is Government Action Worse Than Global Warming?
Why policy nihilism may be the only rational response to climate change
How to Get Ahead in Law
Bernard Baran served 22 years on dubious child molestation charges, but the prosecutor who convicted him was promoted to judge.
Citings
Plastic Politics
Toy safety follies
State Crafts
Art for politics' sake
No Joint Custody
Argentine drug laws
Stop and Frisk
NYC civil liberties
Jericho Bile
Police gone wild
Self Insured
Health care accounting
Discount Genomes
Personalized medicine
Steal This Law!
Judicial transparency
The Gay Gap
Support for same-sex marriage
Consumers Reported
Snitching to Uncle Sam
Put a Cork in It
Wining children?
Creating Your Own Economy
Tyler Cowen on Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World
35 Years ago in reason
December 1974
Briefly Noted
Letters
Contributors
Artifact
Brickbats
Interview
Globalization With a Human Face
Jagdish Bhagwati on the trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade.
