25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings - Brief Article

"It's all too easy to be lulled into a false sense of optimism by the success of airline deregulation.... Despite studies showing the immense cost of regulation ... most of the agencies are solidly entrenched not just in the political system but in people s minds.

--Robert Poole Jr., Editorial

"In the name of intellectual freedom, the Communications Act [of 1979] stifles the ideas, views, and interests of broad casters."

--Winston N. Martin, "The Decline and Fall of Broadcasters' Rights"

"You've got to hand it to the U.S. Social Security Administration. What other agent of any government could say ... that it takes more from American payrolls than the Internal Revenue Service, and that its own...