Economy

Economy news and analysis from The Nation

March 4, 1999

Jobs, Justice–Joy

The drinks were pouring, the flesh was pressing and a “dream team” of brassy, bluesy, soul and salsa players out to affiliate San Antonio’s Tejano bands with the American Federation of Musicians

JoAnn Wypijewski
February 25, 1999

HOPE for Africa

For more information on HOPE for Africa and Jesse Jackson Jr.’s views, see www.jessejacksonjr.org.

Jesse Jackson Jr.
February 25, 1999

Continental Rift?

As the affluent Seven plus Russia gathered in Denver, American sermons on the virtuous methods to reduce unemployment worked so much on European nerves that even the Continent’s conservative pape

Daniel Singer
February 25, 1999

The Real Eurobattle

The move to a common currency masks a struggle over the social shape of Europe.

Daniel Singer
February 18, 1999

Smoke in Starr’s Chamber

This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.

Thomas Ferguson
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January 28, 1999

Curious George Talks the Market

The epic, slow-motion crisis unraveling the global economic system continues to gather momentum, taking down Southeast Asia, Japan, Russia, now Brazil. Who’s next?

William Greider
January 21, 1999

Checking the Union Labels

The election of new AFL-CIO leaders more than three years ago ushered in an era of glasnost.

Steve Early
December 24, 1998

The Dollar’s Day of Reckoning

On January 1, 1999, the euro comes into existence.

Lester C. Thurow
May 14, 1998

The Harvard Boys Do Russia

After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.

Janine R. Wedel
March 19, 1998

The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey

Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens accent.

David Corn

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Economy

March 4, 1999

The drinks were pouring, the flesh was pressing and a “dream team” of brassy, bluesy, soul and salsa players out to affiliate San Antonio’s Tejano bands with the American Federation of Musicians

February 25, 1999

For more information on HOPE for Africa and Jesse Jackson Jr.’s views, see www.jessejacksonjr.org.

February 25, 1999

As the affluent Seven plus Russia gathered in Denver, American sermons on the virtuous methods to reduce unemployment worked so much on European nerves that even the Continent’s conservative pape

February 25, 1999

The move to a common currency masks a struggle over the social shape of Europe.

February 18, 1999

This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.

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January 28, 1999

The epic, slow-motion crisis unraveling the global economic system continues to gather momentum, taking down Southeast Asia, Japan, Russia, now Brazil. Who’s next?

January 21, 1999

The election of new AFL-CIO leaders more than three years ago ushered in an era of glasnost.

December 24, 1998

On January 1, 1999, the euro comes into existence.

May 14, 1998

After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.

March 19, 1998

Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens accent.