Is Overcompetition the Problem?
June 1, 1999
John Bellamy Foster is associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Marx’s Ecology (2000), and The Vulnerable Planet (1999, 2nd ed.). He is… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Turbulence in the World Economy
June 1, 1999
David McNally teaches political science at York University in Toronto, and is the author of Against the Market: Political Economy, Market Socialism, and the Marxist Critique (1993). “On July 2,… READ MORE
An Interview with Harry Magdoff
May 1, 1999
� The twentieth anniversary issue of Monthly Review in May 1969 carried the announcement that Harry Magdoff—the independent economist-had officially joined Paul Sweezy as co-editor, replacing Leo Huberman, who had… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, March 1999
March 1, 1999
If the United States has ever had a “welfare state,” Social Security must surely be the heart of it. In the world’s most predatory capitalism, this is the closest thing… READ MORE
The Geopolitics of the Asian Crisis
March 1, 1999
Stephen Gill teaches in the Department of Political Science at York University in Toronto. He is the author of a number of books, including Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations�(Cambridge:… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 1999
February 1, 1999
Back in December, while the January issue was going to press, the U.S. and Britain were bombing Iraq, and Congress was impeaching Bill Clinton. Our publication schedule spares us the… READ MORE
A Second Wave of National Liberation?
February 1, 1999
Fawzy Mansour is professor emeritus of political science at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Until recently, he was Chair of the Arab Research Center in Cairo. He is currently… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 1999
January 1, 1999
Ideology comes, as we all know, in many guises, some more subtle and insidious than others. Children in the United States learn very early to think that capitalism means good… READ MORE
Braverman and the Class Struggle
January 1, 1999
Michael Yates is a labor educator and professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the author of Longer Hours, Fewer Jobs and Why Unions Matter… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 1998
December 1, 1998
Back in 1972, when one of us was living in Toronto, the Canadian national hockey team played a series of much publicized games against the Soviet Union. Horror of horrors,… READ MORE