Notes from the Editors, July-August 1997
July 1, 1997
As of early summer the economic outlook for the rest of 1997, as portrayed in the major media, could hardly be brighter. “Strong growth with little unemployment and low inflation… READ MORE
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Notes from the Editors, November 1996
November 1, 1996
The September 30th issue of the New Yorker carried profiles of two long-time contributors to Monthly Review—lyricist E. Y. Harburg and lawyer Michael Tigar—evoking considerable pride among MR staffers. “Yip”… READ MORE
Honest, Able, and Fearless
November 1, 1996
Victor Rabinowitz, Unrepentant Leftist: A Lawyer’s Memoir (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996), 352 pp., $29.95, cloth. � John Mage is a close associate of Monthly Review �… READ MORE
Walter Reuther, “Social Unionist”
November 1, 1996
Martin Glaberman is professor Emeritus of Social Science at the College of Lifelong Learning at Wayne State University in Detroit. � Nelson Lichtenstein, The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter… READ MORE
The Triumph of Financial Capital
June 1, 1994
This article was originally a lecture presented at a conference organized by the Association of Graduates of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Istanbul, Turkey, on April 21,… READ MORE
Our Kind of Marxist: An Interview with Staughton Lynd
April 1, 1994
Staughton Lynd died on November 23, 2022 at the age of 92. We are republishing this interview from the Monthly Review archives in remembrance. This is an excerpt from an… READ MORE
The Truth About the First Thanksgiving
November 1, 1992
In Memory of James W. Loewen’s (1942–2021) from his comrades at Monthly Review. —Eds. (August 24, 2021) This essay is revised from James W. Loewen’s analysis of American history as… READ MORE
The Political Economy of Hybrid Corn
July 1, 1986
Richard C. Lewontin (1929-2021), the world-famous geneticist and evolutionary biologist, was for many years a close friend, associate, and supporter of Monthly Review, writing numerous times for the magazine and… READ MORE
The Financial Explosion
December 1, 1985
Credit where credit is due. For a long time now we have been harping in this space on the theme of a monetary system out of control; of the wild… READ MORE
Social Security: The Phony Crisis
February 1, 1983
Jacob Morris is a frequent contributor to MR. In a recent speech, the head of the main government workers union in the United States accused the Reagan administration of “bleeding”… READ MORE