Economics

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

Bush To City: Drop Dead Bush To City: Drop Dead

The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.

Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / Jack Newfield

A Union of Unions A Union of Unions

There are bigger American unions, but none that are feistier organizers than HERE (hotel and restaurant workers) and UNITE (historically garment and textile workers).

Apr 1, 2004 / David Moberg

Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing Toward a Progressive View on Outsourcing

Sarah Anderson &

Mar 4, 2004 / Feature / The Nation

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