Issue 293

Issue 293

Across the Great Divide

A review of Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, by Robert Reich (New York: Alfred Knopf, 2010).

Steven Pressman Mar 1, 2011

Issue 293

State Workers Face a Compensation Penalty

Conservatives that public-sector workers are privileged relative to their private-sector peers or have somehow been cushioned from the effects of the recent recession and slow recovery. Data from Wisconsin as well as Indiana, New Jersey, and Ohio prove that these claims are clearly false.

Ethan Pollack Mar 1, 2011

Issue 293

Restore the Original Wealth Tax

There's an alternative to the drastic cuts in public services state and local officials are proposing: restore the

Polly Cleveland Mar 1, 2011

Issue 293

A Dirty Job No One Should Do

This article is no longer available online

John Miller Mar 1, 2011