This book addresses the most prominent policy issues raised by advertising--competition, consumer information, children, ad bans, and free speech.

This legislative analysis examines the arguments for and against reducing the COLAs for social security and other federal retirement and disability programs, with particular attention to the administration proposal and the policy that was passed by the Senate in May 1985.�

Weisbrod examines the causes and consequences of medical research and suggests an appropriate role for it in the larger social system.