American Affairs, Volume VII, Number 2

11/13/2007 American Affairs Garet Garrett

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References

Frame of the Future Market, Virgil Jordon; Rising Form of Planned Economy, Garet Garrett; A Letter from the NLRB; Democracy’s Terrible Blunder, Donald Richberg; Labor and Boss in One Doghouse, Ralph Chapin; Books reviewed by GG; Freedom and Taxes, X; Dependence on a New Folkway, by John W. Somners; The Full Employment Hoax, by John. W. Scoville; Omens of teh Superstate Cartel, J. Howard Pew; Free Enterprise is Free, V. Orval Watts, and more.

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