Economy

In Business We Trust In Business We Trust

The Supreme Court once championed antitrust laws as valued tools to limit corporate power and to promote the autonomy, diversity and economic rights of people and firms without pow...

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Eleanor Fox

Aid for Nuclear Workers Aid for Nuclear Workers

Madame Curie's denial of radiation dangers is emblematic of the legacy we now face as America's romance with the atom draws to a close.

Sep 25, 2000 / Robert Alvarez

No Love Lost for Labor No Love Lost for Labor

Right now, what hurts labor, day to day, is the wins and losses in the lower courts.

Sep 25, 2000 / Feature / Thomas Geoghegan

The Discreet Charm of Hoffa Jr. The Discreet Charm of Hoffa Jr.

Marc Cooper's July 24/31 "Where's Hoffa Driving the Teamsters?" provoked a storm of controversy from Honolulu to Brooklyn.

Sep 7, 2000 / Marc Cooper and Our Readers

Bush’s Touchy-Feely Economics Bush’s Touchy-Feely Economics

The economics of George W.

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Media and Trade: A Love Story Media and Trade: A Love Story

On the final day of the Seattle demonstrations this past December, Peter Jennings of ABC's World News Tonight introduced the story with a sly aside: "The thousands of demonstrato...

Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Where’s Hoffa Driving the Teamsters? Where’s Hoffa Driving the Teamsters?

There was a time when the very word "Teamsters" evoked some pretty dark images: a bloated and notoriously corrupt union president, carried into the Teamsters convention on a gild...

Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / Marc Cooper

A City That Worked A City That Worked

The New York of 1945 was the victorious city of the New Deal and World War II, one that can barely be glimpsed today beneath postmodern towers and billboards for dot-com enterprise...

Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert W. Snyder

The New World Order (They Mean It) The New World Order (They Mean It)

The United States never held a large number of direct colonies, a fact that has prompted many political leaders to declare it the great exception to colonialism.

Jun 29, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stanley Aronowitz

Labor’s Love Lost Labor’s Love Lost

After the House passed President Clinton's China trade bill, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, issued a threat: "The 163 Republicans and 73 Democrats that voted for ...

Jun 8, 2000 / David Corn

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