Issue 241
"They Can Walk With Their Heads Up"
An Interview with Joao Pedro Stedile, National Board Member, Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra
High-School Economics
Corporate Sponsorship and Pro-Market Bias - In the push to standardize high-school curriculums and testing, "corporations and foundations will have even more opportunities to foist their "free-market" bias on students.
September 11 and the Restructuring of the Airline Industry
The September 11 catastrophe hit the airlines hard, but it also opened the door for them to accelerate the restructuring already underway.
Is the "New Economy" More Productive?
Sorting Fact from Fiction - Revised productivity figures have let the air out of the high-tech "New Economy" bubble.
Dear Dr. Dollar:
During the course of a single day, a stock can go up and down frequently. These changes supposedly reflect the changing demand for that stock (and its potential resale value) or changing expectations of a company’s profitability. But this seems too vague to me. How can these factors be so volatile?