Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't (40 page)

Campbell Soup

Canada: abortion in; crime rates in; pharmaceuticals and

Cantwell, Maria

capitalism.
See
free market

capital punishment.
See
death penalty

car insurance

Carnegie Mellon University

Carrington, Ellsworth

cars: lemon thesis and; LoJack anti-theft device and

Carter, Jimmy

Carter, Vince

Carter-Baker commission

CBS

Center for Responsive Politics

central planning: economic freedom vs.; free market vs.

Cheung, Steven

Chicago, Ill.

Chicago, University of

Chicago, University of, Law School

Chile

China; economic success in; space program in

cigarettes; predation and; smoking bans and

Clemson University

Clinton, Bill

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Clinton Administration

CNN

Coke.
See
colas

colas, price discrimination and

Colorado

Columbus, Christopher

Communism: economic system of; education and; mass shortages and

Communist Manifesto
(Marx)

concealed-carry laws; celebrities and; crime and; drawbacks of; research onig.
See also
gun control

congressional elections (2006)

Congressional Research Service

Connecticut

Conservative Victory Fund

Constitution, U. S.

Constitutional Initiative , Montana

Constitutional Initiative , Montana

Continental Airlines

copyrights

Cornell University

corporations: crime and; free market, distrust of and; gas prices and; mergers and; monopoly power of; oil prices and; stock diversification and

Coulter, Ann

Count Every Vote Act (2005)

crime: in 1990s; abortion and; affirmative action in police departments and; age and race and; arrest and conviction rates and; “broken windows” policing methods and; concealed-carry laws and; corporate; corporations and; death penalty and; education and; environmental; excessive penalties for; gun control and; incentives and; law enforcement and; minimum wage regulations and; prison populations and; rates of; rent control and; reporting of; reputation and; “unwanted” children and

Culpepper, Daunte

Cunningham, Randy “Duke,”

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Czechoslovakia

death penalty: crime and; international support for; public support for; requirements for; research on; Supreme Court, U. S. and

Delaware

democracy: education and; reputation and

Democratic Party, Democrats

Demsetz, Harold

De Niro, Robert

Deutsche Post AG

divorce

Dole, Bob

Domenici, Pete

Donohue, John

Dorgan, Byron

Dougan, Bill

Downsize This!
(Moore)

Dreyfus, Jack

Dubner, Stephen; free market, distrust of and; lemon thesis and; real estate agents and

Duggan, Mark

Duke University

eBay

economic freedom

economic self-interest

education: academic freedom and; Communism and; crime and; democracy and; Free Schools Act of 1867 and; government subsidies and; as indoctrination; predation, public and; in totalitarian countries; voting and

Ehrlich, Isaac

Election Assistance Commission

elections: 2006 congressional; competitiveness of; Election 1980; Election 1996; Election 2000; Election 2004

eminent domain

Emtriva

Enron

environment: common pool problem and; pollution, government regulation of and

environmental crimes

Europe: death penalty in; HIV drugs and

European Commission

Evans, David

Expedia

Farrell, Chris

fatherhood, unwanted

FBI.
See
Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDA.
See
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Election Campaign Act

Federal Trade Commission

FedEx

527 groups

527 Reform Act of 2005

Fletcher, Ernie

flood insurance

Florida; Election 2000 and; voter fraud in

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

football helmets, liability and

Foote, Christopher

Forssman, Hans

FOX News

France

fraud: corporate; voting

Freakonomics
(Levitt and Dubner): abortion and crime and; campaign finance and; corporate crime and; free market, distrust of and; lemon thesis and; real estate agents and

free competition.
See
free market

freedom: academic; economic

free market: academia and; central planning vs.; distrust of; economic self-interest and; failure of; failures of; incentives and; reputation and; success of; wealth and

free-riding problems

Free Schools Act of 1867

Friedman, Milton

Fund, John

Gallup Poll

Gandhi, Mohandas

gas: full- vs. self-service; price of; shortages of.
See also
oil prices

gas stations, franchising of

GEICO insurance

gender gap

Genuardi’s

George Mason University

George Mason University School of Law

Georgia

Germany

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

Giuliani, Rudolph

Goetz, Christopher

Goff, Donald

Goldberg, Bernie

Gordon, James

Gordon, Slade

Gore, Al

Gould, Jay

government: campaign finance and; eminent domain and; expeditions of; flood insurance and; free-riding problems and; growth in size of; inefficiency of; licensing, professional and; market failures and; pharmaceutical industry and; predation and; price controls and; search-and-rescue teams of; subsidies and; university funding and; women’s suffrage and

Granholm, Jennifer

Great Britain.
See
United Kingdom

Green Party

gun control: accidental gun deaths and; assault weapons and; Brady Act (1994) and; crime and; gunlocks and safe-storage laws and.
See also
concealed-carry laws

Handgun Control

Handguns
magazine

Hansen, Robert

Harrison, Marvin

Harvard University

Hassett, Kevin,

Hawaii

health care, socialized

Helmsley, Leona

Hern, Misty

higher education.
See
education; universities

HIV

Hobbes, Thomas

Home Depot

honesty: incentives for; reputation and

Hoover, Herbert

Hoover Institution

hotels, price gouging and

Houston, University of

Hurricane Katrina

IBM

Idaho

illegal aliens

Illinois

ImClone

Imus, Don

incentives: in baseball; crime and; economic self-interest and; free market and; for honesty; misunderstanding; prices and; stock diversification and; in universities; voting and

incumbents, protection of

Indiana

innovation

insurance: car; deposit; flood

Intel

Iran

Jackson, Jesse

James, Edgerrin

Japan, stock diversification in

Jefferson, William

Jeffords, Jim

John Birch Society

John McLaughlin & Associates

Johnson, Lyndon

Johnson, Skip

J. P. Morgan

judges, anti-corporate hostility of

Julian, Michael

June, Cato

Justice Department, U. S.

Kahn, Alfred

Kansas

Karpinsky, Mary Anne

Karpoff, Jonathan

Katrina, Hurricane, oil prices and

Keitel, Harvey

Kelling, George L.

Kelly, Amy

Kelly Bluebook

Kennedy, Anthony

Kenny, Larry

Kentucky

Kerry, John

King County, Wash.

Klein, Ben

Knight, Bobby

Koch Industries

Koito

Kozlowski, L. Dennis

Ku Klux Klan, real estate agents and

Landes, Bill

Last Period Problem

law enforcement, crime and

lemon thesis

Levitt, Steve; abortion and crime and; corporate fraud and; death penalty and crime and; free market, distrust of and; lemon thesis and; real estate agents and

licensing, professional; minimum time limits and; teachers and; wages and

LoJack anti-theft device

Lott, John R., Jr., Constitutional Initiative and

Louisiana

Ludwig, Jens

McCain-Feingold bill (2002)

McCarthy, Eugene

McCries, Robert

McGovern, George

Maine

market failures: court regulation and; government and; lemon thesis and; LoJack anti-theft device and; real estate agents and

Marx, Karl

Maryland

Massachusetts

media: bias in; Bush, George W. and; Montana Constitutional Initiative and; voting and; voting and early calls by

Media Research Center

Medicare

Menken, H. L.

mergers

Mexico

Microsoft

Middle Ages

Milken, Michael

Miller, Alan

Milwaukee County, Wisc.

minimum wage regulations

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

monopolies: availability of products and services and; benefits of; innovation and; pharmaceutical industry and; predation and; price discrimination and; publishing industry and; purpose of; secondary markets and; Supreme Court, U. S. and; U. S. oil industry and

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

MSNBC

Murphy, Austin

Murry, Ann

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 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)

Ney, Bob

Nichols, Brian

Nifong, Mike

Nineteenth Amendment

Nixon, Richard

North Korea

Northwest Airlines

Northwestern University

NRA.
See
National Rifle Association

NYPD.
See
New York City Police Department

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

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