The End of Doom
Good news! Dire predictions about cancer epidemics, mass extinction, overpopulation, and more turned out to be a bust.
October 2015
Cover Story
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
Features
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
Culture & Reviews
The Disposable Life of a 20-Year-Old Confidential Informant
A North Dakota drug task force bullied a college student into working for them. Then he turned up dead.
A Nation of Smugglers and Protectionists
Americans have always limited trade-and always defied those limits.
Milton Friedman Saw the Euro Crisis Coming
The libertarian economist predicted Europe's current problems 17 years ago.
Editor's Note
Columns
The FBI Wants the Key to Your Data
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Mainstreaming Liberty
How five 20th century economists subtly remade the political landscape
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Nongovernmental conservation is saving the planet
Citings
Law of the Land
Gay marriage legal
Offense Taken
Campus funnies
Washington Hack
Records breached
Grexit on Ice
Euro crisis
A State Is Born
Liberland rising?
Don't Thread on Me
License laws out
Not Worth It
Medicaid's costs
Pesky Encryption
Government snooping
Stars Barred
Confederate flag removed
3D Censorship
Weapon or speech?
Three's Company
Push for polygamy
Contributors
