Introduction - legal regulatory and policy changes that affect entrepreneurial midsize firms, Gary D. Libecap; improving the public policy climate for midsize business by reforming government, Murray Weidenbaum; the impact of telecommunications deregulation on midsize business, Robert W. Crandall; the golden goose? understanding (and taxing) the saving of entrepreneurs, R. Glenn Hubbard; a political incorrect view of global warming, or why we souldn't rush to do something, Thomas Gale Moore; risky business - understanding and reducing employer risk, Constance E. Bagley; making regulatory reform work, Robert Hahn.