Issue 217: May/June 1998

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features

• The Threat from Mergers

  Edward Herman

  Can Antitrust Make a Difference?

• The Challenge to the Brazilian Left

  Luis Aguilera

  A Conversation with Benedita da Silva

• Labor Held Captive

  Daniel Burton-Rose

• Who Cares for the Caregivers?

  Abby Scher

  Home Care Coops Struggle Against Medicare Cuts

• Can We Build a New American Dream?

  Barbara Brandt

  A Conversation with Ellen Furnari

• Currency Speculation

  Christian Weller

  How great a danger?

the regulars

• the short run
• letters
• active culture A Cup of Justice
• comment The Business of Social Responsibility
• making sense Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible / What Does the U.S. Want in Africa?
• in review Jim Hightower: There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Armadillos /
  Michael Moore: The Big One /
  Viviana A. Selizer: The Social Meaning of Money
• economy in numbers The Super Rich are Out of Sight
• ask dr. dollarIs the Economy Really Going Gangbusters?