Issue 240: March/April 2002

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

features

Organizing After September 11

Autumn Leonard, Tomas Aguilar, Mike Prokosch, and Dara Silverman

"Everything has changed", but there's a lot that isn't so different.
The Enron Fun Pages

A quiz, a contest, a maze, and more!
Economic Debacle in Argentina: The IMF Strikes Again

Arthur Macewan
Industry Attacks on Dissent: From Rachel Carson to Oprah

Laura Orlando

Forty years after the publication of Silent Spring, corporations are still trying to silence critics.
Does the "New Economy" Tilt to the Right?

Phineas Baxandall
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The Political Economy of Palestine

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

Issue 240: March/April 2002

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