Issue 258: March/April 2005

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features

• Rich and Poor in the Global Economy

  Bob Sutcliffe

  Measuring world inequality

• The Land Trust Solution

  Michelle Sheehan

  Conservation land trusts protect farmland from developers.

• Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate

  Daniel Fireside

  One city's radical 20-year experiment in affordable housing

• Environmentalism in a Post-Capitalist Society

  Interview with Robin Hahnel

• BOOK EXCERPT: Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation

  Robin Hahnel

  What progressives must do to transform the economic system

the regulars

• the short run
• letters
• active culture Earn-a-Bike in Africa
• comment Payola pundits
• follow-up The true Social Security "dependency ratio"
• up against the wall street journal Debunking the "Index of Economic Freedom"
• in review Weapons of Mass Deception
• economy in numbers Bush budget starves domestic programs