October 17, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover photo by the Associated Press, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Feature
What Would Keynes Do?
The GOP declares Keynesianism dead, but it hasn’t really been tried. The great economist would have us do much more than “prime the pump” to pull the country out of this morass.
Thomas Geoghegan
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Charles Koch to Friedrich Hayek: Use Social Security!
In a 1973 letter, the right-wing billionaire urged the libertarian philosopher to collect Social Security and to use Medicare coverage when visiting the United States.
Yasha Levine and Mark Ames
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The Rise of Urban Biking
The Complete Streets movement is helping city residents reimagine their roads.
Ben Adler
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The Struggle for the Commons
The vast inheritance we all share—our precious common resources—is being stolen. A movement seeks to take it back.
Jay Walljasper
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Editorial
Cruel America
Roars of applause for executions at the GOP debate, official approval of torture, barbaric prison conditions, obstruction of aid to storm victims and children in need—is our nation descending into barbarism?
Jonathan Schell
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Noted.
Richard Kim on the hikers released by Iran, Allison Kilkenny on Occupy Wall Street, Josh Eidelson on the fight For women priests
Various Contributors
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Save the Post Office!
The privatization vultures and deficit hawks want to pick apart this essential public service. But the PO is not only a vital community asset; it’s perfectly positioned to lead the country into the digital future.
John Nichols
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What Is It Like to Be Both Black and Jewish?
I was aware not only of being hated but also of hating myself from two points of view in the same mind—a brand of self-hatred that identifies the me in you and hates you for it.
Walter Mosley
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Column
The Obama Presidency Invites Contempt
Is this a politician who, when faced with recalcitrant opposition, would rather switch than fight?
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
Cruel America
Roars of applause for executions at the GOP debate, official approval of torture, barbaric prison conditions, obstruction of aid to storm victims and children in need—is our nation descending into barbarism?
Jonathan Schell
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After Deng: On China’s Transformation
Is Deng Xiaoping’s legacy of modernization without political reform one that no contemporary Chinese official can control?
Joshua Kurlantzick
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In the Middle of Life: On Tadeusz Rózewicz
A Polish poet’s searing and confused lyricism.
Jennifer Grotz
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