An overview of the problem of government regulation / James F. Gatti -- Government regulation and a free society / William E. Simon -- A new threat to freedom: the challenge of the 1980's / Harry J. Bolwell -- Poverty, the distribution of income, and social policy: some thoughts / Thomas Sowell...

This book explores what happened in the transition economies of China, Vietnam and Myanmar from both macro and micro perspectives, and questions whether the governments of these countries are capable of implementing effective reform and transformation