Economics

CACI and Its Friends CACI and Its Friends

In his now-famous report on Abu Ghraib prison, Maj. Gen.

Jun 3, 2004 / Tim Shorrock

Desperately Seeking Health Insurance Desperately Seeking Health Insurance

As crises go, medical insurance is not a very sexy one.

Jun 3, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Retire Father Greenspan Retire Father Greenspan

Alan Greenspan is well loved among the governing elites and seldom criticized, because he convincingly plays the role of America's Dr. Pangloss.

May 27, 2004 / William Greider

Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?

The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.

May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Outsourcing Is Hell Outsourcing Is Hell

The war on Iraq has made us all painfully aware of the Pentagon's growing reliance on private companies.

May 20, 2004 / William D. Hartung

Mean Green Job Machine Mean Green Job Machine

The presidential campaigns and their armies of consultants are well aware that a jittery American public yearns for jobs.

May 6, 2004 / Paula DiPerna

Debtor Nation Debtor Nation

What if we go under?

Apr 22, 2004 / Feature / William Greider

Why the Bubble Popped Why the Bubble Popped

This clutch of books offers an excellent retrospective on the recent stock-market crash, which wiped out $8.5 trillion in market value.

Apr 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill

What’s Good Enough? What’s Good Enough?

Advocates are demanding not just equal but decent schools for all children.

Apr 15, 2004 / Feature / Peter Schrag

The Cruelest Month The Cruelest Month

Like mushrooms after a spring rain, signs pop up at this time of year in hardscrabble urban neighborhoods across the country, promising quick and easy money.

Apr 8, 2004 / Bobbi Murray

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