The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
Issue 221
7 articles
Social Insecurity
Those hopeful that last October's stock market drop will stop talk of privatizing social security should think again.
Nobel Prize Winner Tweaks Free Marketeers
Last October, Amartya Sen, a leading authority on hunger and an unrelenting advocate for the most deprived, won the rare
George Soros: Beware Market Fundamentalism
George Soros, a billionaire currency speculator, has recently become a prominent critic of capitalism. In his new book, The Crisis
The True Scandal of American Politics
In a single 15 minute vote, the 535 members of Congress passed a 40 pound, $500 billion, 4000 page bill
Cohousing: Collective Living for the 90s
Imagine a community where you know all your neighbors. Where your neighbors would loan you a car if you needed
What Welfare Reform Has Wrought
"Ending welfare as we know it" was just a campaign slogan for Bill Clinton in 1992, but its