Economy

Fiasco in Miami Fiasco in Miami

It was as though US and Brazilian trade negotiators feared that if they spent one more minute in Miami, the fragile image of harmony they have struggled to project would shatter...

Nov 26, 2003 / Sarah Anderson

Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues Wal-Mart’s Big City Blues

The mega-retailer has set its sights on the urban market, but the living-wage movement is putting up a fight.

Nov 24, 2003 / Feature / Dan Levine

Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge

The final FTAA declaration essentially lays out a road map for a free-trade non-agreement.

Nov 21, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami

Media reports out of the Miami trade talks this week will no doubt feature images of our carrot-topped lead negotiator, Robert Zoellick, locked in toothy handshakes with Latin ...

Nov 20, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

Wal-Mart in China Wal-Mart in China

The signs all over the store proclaiming Everyday Low Prices look the same (except that they're printed in Chinese), as do the neatly dressed "associates" patrolling the sellin...

Nov 20, 2003 / Carl Goldstein

Beyond Globophobia Beyond Globophobia

Instead of blaming globalization for our economic ills, why not take it over?

Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / Doug Henwood

Lula Raises the Stakes Lula Raises the Stakes

He's challenging US-style globalization.

Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / William Greider and Kenneth Rapoza

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 / 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 / Column / 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 / Stephen F. Cohen

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