This issue features a six-part symposium on the 50th anniversary of philosopher Gene Sharp’s The Politics of Nonviolent Action, his treatise on how peaceful means can be used to achieve social and political change. What is the legacy and contemporary relevance of Sharp’s work?

Also in this issue, a close examination of Japanese production statistics during WWII strongly suggest that U.S. war planners understood victory over Japan was inevitable. Were the atomic bombings even necessary to win the war?

Other articles: Conservatives’ cowardice on the health care issue; studying Adam Smith to understand why the West grew rich; How democracy has led to fiscal recklessness; and more!

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Editor:
Robert M. Whaples

Co-Editors:
Christopher J. Coyne
Gregory J. Robson
Diana W. Thomas

Founding Editor:
Robert Higgs

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