Economics

Elite Protectionists Elite Protectionists

A man-bites-dog story of momentous implications is unfolding in Washington: The US multinational establishment, having successfully championed free-trade orthodoxy for decades, m...

Mar 24, 2005 / William Greider

Porto Alegre Postcard Porto Alegre Postcard

This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.

Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

Power and the Word Power and the Word

A few weeks ago, if you recall, Britain's Prince Harry was having himself a high old time at a Colonials and Natives party to which he came costumed as a Nazi officer.

Feb 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Indecent Proposal Indecent Proposal

America's budget is more than a blizzard of incomprehensible numbers. Our values are reflected in its priorities: It is a statement of what kind of nation we are and what we hope...

Feb 10, 2005 / The Editors

Taking the Offensive on Wealth Taking the Offensive on Wealth

Strategies that unite the vast majority against a tiny elite are sure to win.

Feb 3, 2005 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz

Another World Turns Another World Turns

Imagining the possibilities at the World Social Forum.

Jan 30, 2005 / Feature / Alisa Solomon

A Fight We Can Win A Fight We Can Win

The results of the last election of 2004 could foretell the first serious defeat for the Bush Administration's agenda in the new Congress.

Jan 13, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols

Trading Down Trading Down

In less than five years, the garment industry in poor, war-ravaged Cambodia has more than doubled into a $1.5 billion industry employing 200,000 workers and generating nearly thr...

Dec 22, 2004 / David Moberg

False Promises False Promises

In American Dream, his masterful new book about welfare reform, Jason DeParle brings together two groups of people who rarely seem to meet: welfare policy-makers and welfare reci...

Dec 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Egan

Defunct Economists Defunct Economists

Professor Paul Samuelson's Economics: An Introductory Analysis has been the bestselling college economics textbook for more than fifty years.

Dec 2, 2004 / William Greider

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