Notes from the Editors, March 2003
March 1, 2003
In the 1920s Andrew Mellon, who served as secretary of the treasury under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover (it was sometimes said that they served under him), introduced a series… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
The Commercial Tidal Wave
March 1, 2003
This article is adapted from the forthcoming book by McChesney and Foster, TheProblem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century, to be published by Monthly Review Press…. READ MORE
The Tendency to Privatize
March 1, 2003
Alan G. Nasser teaches philosophy and political economy at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. His contributions to Monthly Review include “‘Saving’ Social Security: A Neoliberal Recapitulation of Primitive… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2003
January 1, 2003
“The American health care system is confronting a crisis.” This was the not very surprising conclusion of a study by a National Academy of Science panel on the U.S. health… READ MORE
The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
January 1, 2003
We are republishing this article in remembrance of Michael Perelman, who passed away on September 21, 2020. —The Editors Michael Perelman teaches economics at California State University, Chico. This article… READ MORE
Global Capitalism and Israel
January 1, 2003
Adam Hanieh is a researcher and human rights worker living in Ramallah, Palestine. � Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, The Global Political Economy of Israel (London and Sterling, Virginia: Pluto… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2002
December 1, 2002
Among the major countries of the world, the United States has the highest per capita income, and it is often assumed therefore that the ordinary American is materially better off… READ MORE
U.S. Imperial Ambitions and Iraq
December 1, 2002
Officially Washington’s current policy toward Iraq is to bring about a “regime change”—either through a military coup, or by means of a U.S. invasion, justified as a “preemptive attack” against… READ MORE
Challenging Neoliberal Myths: A Critical Look at the Mexican Experience
December 1, 2002
Martin Hart-Landsberg teaches economics at Lewis and Clark college in Portland, Oregon. He is the coauthor, with Paul Burkett, of Development, Crisis, and Class Struggle: Learning from Japan and East… READ MORE
Post-Apartheid South Africa: Reply to John S. Saul
December 1, 2002
Jeremy Cronin is the deputy general secretary of the South African Communist Party, a National Executive Committee member of the African national Congress, and an ANC member of Parliament in… READ MORE