Economy

From Seattle to Miami From Seattle to Miami

Click here for more information on the Institute for Policy Studies. Click here to read Manuel Pastor and Tony LoPresti's report on the anti-FTAA organizing campaign in Miami.

Nov 13, 2003 / Editorial / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh

Why We Still Need a Third Party Why We Still Need a Third Party

To gauge the level of hatred entertained by liberals for the Bush Administration, take a look at the bestseller lists.

Nov 6, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

The Struggle for Russia The Struggle for Russia

The arrest last month of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the principal owner of Russia's biggest oil company, Yukos, and the richest of the country's seventeen state-anointed billionaire...

Nov 6, 2003 / Editorial / Stephen F. Cohen

Bolivia’s Fight for Dignity Bolivia’s Fight for Dignity

The tens of thousands of Bolivians in the streets in October demanding the resignation of President (now ex-) Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada came from all walks of life and included...

Oct 30, 2003 / Editorial / Jimmy Langman

Labor Warms to Dean Labor Warms to Dean

Even as the labor leaders who support him are redoubling efforts to secure the Democratic presidential nod for Dick Gephardt, it is becoming increasingly clear that the former ...

Oct 30, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols

Scapegoating Illegal Workers Won’t Seal the Borders Scapegoating Illegal Workers Won’t Seal the Borders

As long as firms are willing to hire them, immigrants will come.

Oct 28, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Watershed Strike A Watershed Strike

The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.

Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Krugman’s World Krugman’s World

Enter the world of Paul Krugman, a world either dark (the eras of Bush I and Bush II) or bathed in light (when Bill was king).

Oct 23, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Big Bucks in Iraq Big Bucks in Iraq

In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.

Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / Tim Shorrock

Identity Thieves Identity Thieves

The Federal Trade Commission has acknowledged that the epidemic of identity theft claimed almost 10 million victims last year.

Oct 16, 2003 / Editorial / Jamie Court

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