Economics

The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll

The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll The ‘Chicago Boys’ in Chile: Economic Freedom’s Awful Toll

Repression for the majorities and “economic freedom” for small privileged groups are two sides of the same coin.

Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Orlando Letelier

40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine. Then He Was Assassinated.

40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine. Then He Was Assassinated. 40 Years Ago, This Chilean Exile Warned Us About the Shock Doctrine. Then He Was Assassinated.

Orlando Letelier’s 1976 Nation essay is still essential reading.

Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Naomi Klein

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How Middle-Class Chileans Contributed to the Overthrow of Salvador Allende How Middle-Class Chileans Contributed to the Overthrow of Salvador Allende

American intervention was one factor leading to the Chilean coup—but unrest on the part of middle-class Chileans was another.

Sep 21, 2016 / Walden Bello

Elizabeth Warren Wells Fargo Documents

Elizabeth Warren Destroys Wells Fargo’s CEO: ‘You Should Be Criminally Investigated’ Elizabeth Warren Destroys Wells Fargo’s CEO: ‘You Should Be Criminally Investigated’

The bank has faced civil penalties—but criminal ones are deserved.

Sep 20, 2016 / George Zornick

Stanley Sheinbaum McGovern Fundraiser

Remembering Stanley Sheinbaum, an Early Backer of ‘The Nation’ and a Voice for Peace and Justice Remembering Stanley Sheinbaum, an Early Backer of ‘The Nation’ and a Voice for Peace and Justice

Part of the progressive so-called “Malibu Mafia,” he was a force for change among the left and a vital help to this magazine.

Sep 20, 2016 / Victor Navasky

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This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land This Isn’t the First Time Cowboys Have Tried to Plunder 640 Million Acres of Public Land

In Utah and the Dakotas, history repeats itself as Native Americans fight to protect their lives—and ours.

Sep 20, 2016 / Chip Ward

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Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue

Economic abuse is present in 98 percent of abusive relationships, and 60 percent of survivors report losing their jobs.

Sep 20, 2016 / Sady Doyle

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

The new documentary series America Divided shines a light on voter restrictions, the housing crisis, and other symptoms of our unequal society.

Sep 20, 2016 / The Nation

Student debt

4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt 4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt

The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.

Sep 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

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Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS Free-Trade Deals Are Making It Much Harder to Fight AIDS

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and its ilk protect profits at the expense of prevention.

Sep 19, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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