In this issue

Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall offer a provocative theory to explain why foreign intervention promotes oppression domestically, illustrated by examining the rise of government surveillance and the growing militarization of police in the United States. Also in this issue: debt repudiation in antebellum Mississippi, the case for making the legal system focus on “victim justice,” why electricity-industry reform fizzled out, why opponents of climate activism would do well to focus on assumptions about government efficacy, Robert Higgs celebrates Ronald Coase, and eleven book reviews.

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