What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?
As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.
Issue 226: November/December 1999
features
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Budget Baloney
What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
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Wild '70s Unions
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Women's New Allies
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Timeless Conspiracy
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The Shot Heard...
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Black Crisis Myths
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East Europe Sinking
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Armed Guardians
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Running in Place
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The Affluent Society 40 Years On
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New Thinking about Capitalism
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Invisible Hand and Iron Fist
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There is and Alternative
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New Corporate Welfare Wave
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Webs of Delusion
the regulars
- lettersTwo Views of Inflation
- the short runUnited States Fails Labor Exam
- active cultureSaddling Up for Seattle
- commentLooking Backwards
- making senseThe Colombian Money Pit / Merrill Lynch Sells Sushi
- in reviewMichael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism
- ask dr. dollarSpending on the UN versus NATO
- economy in numbersAmerica's Social Health, Then and Now