The New Economy: Myth and Reality
April 1, 2001
In the last few years the idea of a “New Economy” has gained wide currency, almost rivaling “globalization” as a neologism that characterizes our era. Thus The Economic Report of… READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, March 2001
March 1, 2001
Two decades after the Carter and Reagan administrations launched their attacks on the U.S. regulatory system the world is littered with the wreckage of neoliberal deregulation. Seldom have these failures… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2001
February 1, 2001
The attention given to the Florida elections in the US presidential race has highlighted the horrendous fact that in Florida and throughout the South thirty-five years after the passage of… READ MORE
The Nader Campaign and the Future of U.S. Left Electoral Politics
February 1, 2001
The unlikely postelection contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush, which ultimately led to the anointing of Bush as president by the Republican majority on the US Supreme Court… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2001
January 1, 2001
A striking example of the one-sided nature of the US media, at least where issues of capital and imperial power are concerned, is the way recent events in the Middle… READ MORE
Fifty Years Ago in Monthly Review: January 1951
January 1, 2001
A widely-held belief in the United States is that Americans lead the world in social, humanitarian, and even egalitarian thinking. More specifically, Mrs. Roosevelt and other United States representatives at… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2000
December 1, 2000
Praise for Karl Marx—albeit of a somewhat mocking kind—comes from the strangest places nowadays. In their new book Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization, John Micklethwait and… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, November 2000
November 1, 2000
Dissatisfaction with what has happened to the study of economics is producing a rapidly growing revolt among economics students in France, Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. Within a matter… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, October 2000
October 1, 2000
In an article on the role of third parties in U.S. presidential elections in the August 21, 2000, issue of In These Times, founding editor and publisher James Weinstein observed:… READ MORE
Social Security, the Stock Market, and the Elections
October 1, 2000
Social Security was the crowning achievement of Roosevelt’s New Deal. It has been the most successful and still remains the most popular of all U.S. government programs. More than a… READ MORE