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Economic conditions

Russian disorders

by George Feifer,

The sick man of Europe

Hard-money men

by Tom Bethell,

Investing in survival

The Moonies invade Gloucester

by Geoffrey Moorhouse,

A sea of discontent

Wheelbarrow currency

by Walter Laqueur,

When money loses its meaning

Going down with Great Britain

by Peter Jenkins,

Thatcher against the inevitable

The make-work economy

by George F. Gilder,

Escaping the toils of welfare dependency

Inflation’s Winners

by Nicholas Von Hoffman,

If you are in debt, relax

Killing Jamaica with kindness

by T.D. Allman,

An island between the devil and the deep blue sea

Southern comfort

by Walker Percy,

Now that the South has grown rich and rejoined the Union, even Southerners get lost in the lobby of the Peachtree Plaza Hotel

The wealth of Washington

by Tom Bethell,

Rubber tomatoes

by Peter Schrag,

The unsavory partnership of research and agribusiness