Notes from the Editors, April 2004
April 1, 2004
This is the fourth in a continuing series of special issues on the economy to which we have devoted the magazine each April since 2001. In the first of these,… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: United States
The Stagnation of Employment
April 1, 2004
Except in times of war, capitalist economies almost never reach full employment. The mere absence of jobs for those desiring paid employment, however, is not necessarily a problem for the… READ MORE
New Economy R.I.P.
April 1, 2004
Sasha Lilley is a producer of the program “Against the Grain” on Pacifica Radio’s KPFA and research coordinator at CorpWatch. Doug Henwood, After the New Economy (New York: The New… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, July-August 2003
July 1, 2003
John Bellamy Foster and Bob McChesney write: � The articles on imperialism in this special issue were all written in honor of Harry Magdoff’s ninetieth birthday. Most of them grew… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, June 2003
June 1, 2003
The chief, indeed the only, justification that Washington offered for its invasion of Iraq during its build-up for war between September 2002 and March 2003, was the need to “disarm”… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2003
April 1, 2003
Truth and conscience, and with them art, are the first casualties of any war. The impending U.S. invasion of Iraq has already provided us with two major examples of this…. READ MORE
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
Notes from the Editors, February 2003
February 1, 2003
On December 19, 2002 U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the 12,000 page document that Iraq delivered to the United Nations on December 7, listing its secret weapons… 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
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