Montana; concealed-carry laws and; property taxes in
Montana Constitutional Initiative
Montana Constitutional Initiative
The Montana Standard (Butte)
Montana State University, Bozeman
Montana Television News Network
Moore, Michael
Moss, Santana
Mott, Stewart
Moveon.org
MSNBC
Murphy, Austin
Murry, Ann
N
NASA. See National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Association of Life Underwriters
National Association of Retired Employees
National Crime Victimization Survey (Justice Department)
National Journal
National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Weather Service
natural disasters: gas prices and; hotels and price gouging and; oil prices and
NBC
Nevada
New Deal
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
New York City, N. Y.: concealed-carry laws and; crime in; restaurants in
New York City Police Department (NYPD)
New York Times
Ney, Bob
Nichols, Brian
Nifong, Mike
Nineteenth Amendment
Nixon, Richard
Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
North Korea
Northwest Airlines
Northwestern University
NRA. See National Rifle Association
NYPD. See New York City Police Department
O
Obama, Barack
Obus, Michael J.
Ohio
oil prices: corporate greed and; energy recovery and; monopoly power and; natural disasters and; poor and; price controls and; price gouging and; supply and demand and. See also gas
O’Neal, Shaquille
“Oops-onomics,”
Operation Error Severity Index
Opler, Tim
Orbitz
Oregon
out-of-wedlock births: abortion and; African Americans and
P
PACs. See political action committees
Papanikolau, Fani
Pearson, Ron
Peary, Robert
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, University of
Pennzoil
Perdue, Sonny
Peretz, Marin
Pew Research Center
pharmaceutical industry: Canada and; in foreign countries; government intervention and; HIV drugs and; monopolies and; price controls and; price discrimination and; research and development in; in United States
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pickens, T. Boone
Pierce, Paul
Pinochet, Augusto
Pittsburgh, University of
political action committees (PACs)
politicians: free market, distrust of by; reputation and; special interests and
pollution
poor: judicial anti-corporate hostility and; oil prices and; price discrimination and
Popular Radio magazine
Populist Party, Populists
Porsche
Powell, Naomi
predation: Airbus and; American Airlines and; Brown & Williamson cigarette makers and; education and; government intervention and; large chains and; monopolies and; NASA and; post offices and; shorting and; weather forecasting and; Western Union and
price controls: black markets and; effects of; gasoline shortages (1970s) and; government and; oil and; oil prices and; pharmaceutical industry and; shortages and; as short-term remedy
price discrimination: airline tickets and; availability of products and services and; benefits of; business travelers and; colas, sale of and; full- vs. self-service gas and; innovation and; monopolies and; poor and; publishing industry and; quality and; in restaurants; society’s wealth and; textbook sales and
price gouging: hotels and; oil prices and; supply and demand and
Primedia
“The Probability that a Real-Estate Agent is Cheating You” (Dubner)
Proctor & Gamble
professional licensing. See licensing, professional
profit: government-owned companies and; market share vs.
property taxation, elimination of
Public Campaign
Public Opinion Strategies
public schools. See education
publishing industry: copyrights and; monopolies and
R
radio broadcasting
Rasmussen Research
Reagan, Ronald
real estate agents: incentives for honesty and; Ku Klux Klan and; licensing, professional and
Rendell, Ed
rent control
Republican Party, Republicans: African Americans and; voter turnout, suppression of and
reputation: businesses and; campaign finance and; corporate fraud and; corporate honesty and; crime and; democracy and; free market and; importance of; as incentive for honesty; incumbents, protection of and; misunderstanding; playing by the rules and; politicians and; societal role of; transfer of; in universities
restaurants: inventory costs of; liquor, price of at; price discrimination in; smoking bans in; time cost of tables in
Reyataz
Reyes, Anita
Rice University
right-to-carry laws. See concealed-carry laws
Roberts, Russell
Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller Commission on Population and the American Future
Roe v. Wade
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Ruderman, S. G. “Rudy,”
Russia
S
Sanders, Bob
San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, Jeff
Saudi Arabia
savings and loan crises (1980s)
Scalia, Antonin
Schumer, Charles
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
search-and-rescue teams
secondary markets, monopolies and
self-interest, economic
shortages: 1970s gasoline; Communism and; price controls and
shorting
Sierra Club
Singapore
Skogan, Wesley
Smith, Adam; economic self-interest and; licensing, professional and; prices and incentives and
Smith, Jeffery
Smith, Robert
smoking bans
Social Security
Soros, George
Souter, David H.
South Africa
South Carolina
Southwest Airlines
Soviet Union
special interests: campaign finance and; politicians and
Standard Oil
Stanford University
State University of New York
St. Clair County, Ill.
Stein, Ben
Stern, Howard
Stevens, John Paul
Stewart, Martha
St. Louis County, Mo.
stock diversification
Stratmann, Thomas
Streiff, Christian
Stupid White Men (Moore)
subsidies, government: concealed-carry laws and; education and; free-riding problems and; government intervention and; LoJack antitheft device and; taxation vs.
suffrage. See voting; women’s suffrage
Sunoco Gas Station
supply and demand: oil prices and; price gouging and
Supreme Court, U. S.: abortion and; campaign finance and; death penalty and; eminent domain and; Miranda v. Arizona and; monopolies and; reputation and
Swarthmore College
Swartz, Mark H.
Sweden
Switzer, Barry
Synon, Mary Ellen
Syverson, Chad
T
Taborsky, Edward
Taneja, Krishan
Target
taxation: black markets and; as coercive; oil and; poll; property; subsidies vs.
Taylor, Jason
Texaco
Texas
Texas, University of
textbook sales
Thayer, George
Thomas, Clarence
Thuwe, Inga
TIAA-CREF
tobacco industry; predation and; smoking bans and
totalitarianism, education and
Toyota
travel: airline; price discrimination and
Treasury Department, U. S.
Trump, Donald
Tuck Business School
“TV Nation,”
Tyco International Ltd.
U
United Kingdom
United States: crime rates ina; education, public in; oil industry in; out-of-wedlock births in; pharmaceutical industry in
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
U. S. Forest Service
U. S. Postal Service
U. S. Sentencing Commission
universities: funding for; hiring practices of; incentives and; private interests and public policy in; reputation and; tenure system in
UPS Overnight
USA Today
Utah
V
Vermont
Victoria Jackson Gray Adams, et. al. v the Federal Election Commission, et. al.
Vietnam War
Virginia
vote buying
voter fraud: absentee ballots and; African Americans and; in Florida; hot spots for; identification requirements and; pre-election day voting and; registration by mail and. See also voting
voting: education, public and; Election 2000 and; felon; gender gap and; incentives and; literacy tests and; media and; poll taxes and; punch-card; secret ballots and; voter fatigue; voter turnout, suppression of and; voting machines and; Voting Rights Act (1965) and. See also voter fraud; women’s suffrage
Voting Rights Act (1965)
W
wages: licensing, professional and; minimum wage regulations and
Waksal, Samuel
Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart
Washington, D. C.
Washington, University of
Washington Post
Washington State
Watergate
The Wealth of Nations (Smith)
weather forecasting
Weil, Douglas
welfare
Western Union
Wharton Business School
Whitley, John,
Will, George
Wilson, Albert J.
Wilson, James Q.
Wisconsin
women’s suffrage: effect of; government and; marital status and; voting turnout and. See also voting
worker compensation insurance
worker’s rights
WorldCom
Wyeth Laboratories
Wyoming
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