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Issue 244: November/December 2002

features

The Great Stock Illusion

Ellen Frank

The enormous paper wealth "created" by the stock market was bound to dissolve.
Taking One From the Bush Team

Dean Baker

The Social Security commission's plan for a universal portable pension makes sense, so long as it does not privatize Social Security.
Haitian Free Trade Zone

Clara James

Aristide's "different" capitalism is the same old story.
Recession: Government Spending to the Rescue

Robert Pollin

the regulars

the short run
active culture Janitors Strike for Justice / Popular Educators Gather
comment Why No Wal-Mart Scandal?
making senseWorkfare - Where Are the Wages? / Marriage Promotion Policies
letters
primerCapital Stability and Local Democracy
in reviewJobs-Not People-For Sale
ask dr. dollarIs the administration to blame for economic problems?
economy in numbersSome stock holders are more equal than others.