In Essence

“David Ricardo: Theory of Free International Trade” by Robert L. Formaini, in Economic Insights (Vol. 9, No. 2), Public Affairs Dept., Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, P.O. Box 655906, Dallas, Texas 75265–6906.

“How Fair? Changes in Federal Income Taxation and the Distribution of Income, 1978 to 1998” by James Alm, Fitzroy Lee, and Sally Wallace, in Journal of Policy Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Winter 2005), Assn. for Public Policy Analysis and Management, P.O. Box 18766, Washington, D.C. 20036–8766.

“A Nation of Wimps” by Hara Estroff Marano, in Psychology Today (Nov.–Dec. 2004), 115 E. 23rd St., 9th fl., New York, N.Y. 10010.

“American Exceptionalism Revisited” by Daniel T. Rodgers, in Raritan (Autumn 2004), 31 Mine St., New Brunswick, N.J. 08903.

“Digital Gambling: The Coincidence of Desire and Design” by Natasha Dow Schull, in The Annals (Jan. 2005), The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 3814 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104–6197.

“Exploding the Self-Esteem Myth” by Roy F. Baumeister, Jennifer D. Campbell, Joachim I. Krueger, and Kathleen D. Vohs, in Scientific American (Jan. 2005), 415 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017–1111.

“The News Media and the ‘Clash of Civilizations’” by Philip Seib, in Parameters (Winter 2004–05), U.S. Army War College, 122 Forbes Ave., Carlisle, Pa. 17013–5238.

“Leo Strauss: The European” and “The Closing of the Straussian Mind” by Mark Lilla, in The New York Review of Books (Oct. 21 & Nov. 4, 2004), 1755 Broadway, 5th fl., New York, N.Y. 10019–3780.

“The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience” by Ronald J. Sider, in Books & Culture (Jan.–Feb. 2005), 465 Gundersen Dr., Carol Stream, Ill. 60188.

“The Economics of the Counter-Reformation: Incumbent-Firm Reaction to Market Entry” by Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Robert F. Hebert, and Robert D. Tollison, in Economic Inquiry (Oct. 2004), Texas A&M Univ., Dept. of Economics, College Station, Texas 77843–4228.

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