January 1985 Issue, REASON

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- Notes
  M.Z. and R.W.P.
  , pp. 4-5
- Editorial
  Robert W. Poole, Jr
  , pp. 6-22
  A Party for Baby-Boomers
- Space Entrepreneurs
  Patrick Cox
  , pp. 23-32
  Their Business is Rockets. Their Dream is Space. Their Bane is NASA.
- The Garrison File
  Renee Wyman and John Baden
  , pp. 33-38
  Profile of a Pork Barrel
- A Profit a Day Keeps Insolvency Away
  David Davis
  , pp. 39-41
  It took a dose of the private sector to revive an ailing government hospital in Canada.
- Patience is a Market Virtue
  Dwight R. Lee
  , pp. 42-46
  Why the free market can provide for the long term, while the government can barely plan...
- Viewpoint
  Richard Mitchell
  , p. 47
  An Education in Wimpdom
- Profits on a Pittance
  Mark Skousen
  , pp. 48-49
  Investments
- Spotlight
  Patrick Cox
  , p. 50
  Speaker for the Market
- Life & Liberty
  Stephen G. Barone and Tibor R. Machan
  , pp. 51-52
  A Satirist's Lament
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  The Book Case (Review)
  John Chamberlain
  , pp. 53-55
  Man's Quest for Knowledge
  1. The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
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  War Through a Child's Eyes (Review)
  Paul Hollander
  , pp. 56-57
  The Heroic Age, by Stratis Haviaras
  1. The Heroic Age by Stratis Haviaras
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  Taking Ayn Rand Seriously (Review)
  Randall Dipert
  , pp. 58-61
  The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand, by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
  1. The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand by Douglas J. Den Uyl and Douglas B. Rasmussen
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  Closing in on Plant Closings (Review)
  David R. Henderson
  , pp. 62-65
  Fugitive Industry, by Richard B. McKenzie
  1. Fugitive Industry by Richard B. McKenzie
- Further & More
  John Dentinger
  , pp. 66-68
  Conversion Experience
- Cover illustration
  Bruce Jones