Issue 210: March/April 1997

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features

• Tax Attack

  By Abby Scher

  The Right Targets the IRS

• Economy in Review

  By Edward S. Herman

  Privatization: Downsizing Government for Principle and Profit

• Tax Freedom Day

  By John Miller

  Many Unhappy Returns

• Return From the Dead

  By Jim Campen

  The Banking Industry Flies High

• Big Money On Campus

  By Lawrence Soley

• Grassroots Report: A Living Wage?

  By Joe Peschek

  Campaigns Attach Strings to Public Contracts

• Beyond the Classroom

  Skip Barry and Laurie Dougherty

  Teaching Economics at the Grassroots

the regulars

• the short run Art Museums Promote Fashion Designs
• active culture Nike Just Does It...To The Workers
• making sense Let them Eat Pentium Chips | How Not to Fix Social Security | Nobel Foes of the Balanced Budget Amendment
• in review Report From the Front Lines: The Impact of Violence on Poor Women
• economy in numbers Organizing Education
• ask dr. dollar Are Progressive Mutual Funds for Real?