Issue 254: July/August 2004

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features

• The Bad Neighbor

  Esther Cervantes

  Alcoa's dirty deals in central Texas

• The Coming Era of Wealth Taxation

  Gar Alperovitz

  Taxing wealth is not only politically feasible - it's inevitable

• Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps

  Chris Tilly

  Why inequality is bad for the economy

the regulars

• the short run
• active culture Predatory lending victims fight back and win
• making sense Operation Iraqi Plunder / Foxonomics flops
• up against the Wall Street Journal Reaganomics
• ask dr. dollar Should developing countries embrace protectionism?
• economy in numbers Offshoring by the numbers