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Fortune Column
Vouchers: Schools Need Competition
June 7, 1999
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This column advocates increasing competition among schools by using publicly-provided vouchers for private schools. More broadly, it examines the relative role of market and government in allocating the economy's resources.
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Gas Tax Now
May 24,1999
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This column discusses how different kinds of taxes affect economic
efficiency. It is related to the discussion of deadweight losses of
taxation in Chapter 8, externalities and Pigovian taxes in Chapter 10, and
the design of the tax system in Chapter 12.
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Why We Don't Speak Esperanto
Oct 12, 1998
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This article touches on issues raised in Chapter 10 (Externalities) and
in Chapter 15 (Monopoly).
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
September 7, 1998
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The recent fortune column discusses whether population growth is a problem
for society. It is related to the discussion of externalities in Chapter
10 and economic growth in Chapter 24. |
Self-Help
for Spenders
May 11, 1998
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This column touches on a lot of themes mentioned in the text. It is
related (sometimes in subtle ways) to the discussions of externalities
in Chapter 10, the prisoners' dilemma in Chapter 16, and advertising in
Chapter 17.
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