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Unemployment

The Austerity Myth

by Jeff Madrick,

As economic adversity continues to spread, from Athens to Madrid, London to the Beltway, austerity has become a most dangerous idea. What now dominates the world is the popular theory…

In recovery

by Genevieve Smith,

Twelve steps to prosperity

For decades, America’s economics and business elites have been confidently assuring their countrymen that the alarming decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector was nothing to worry about. Dying industries and…

Weekly Review

by Claire Gutierrez,

The Treasury Department seized control of mortgage and loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, firing the companies’ chief executives and promising to provide as much as $200 billion to…

Numbers Racket

by Kevin Phillips,

Why the economy is worse than we know

Jet blues

by Harper’s Staff,

Wheel of misfortune

Translated by Alex Stone,

Tracking the NAFTA effect

by Harper’s Staff,

The end of jobs

by Richard J. Barnet,

Employment is one thing the global economy is not creating

Dreams gone to rust. The Monongahela Valley mourns for steel

by David Corn,

Unemployment

The Austerity Myth

In recovery

More Government, Please!

Up from Globalism

Weekly Review

Numbers Racket

Jet blues

Wheel of misfortune

Tracking the NAFTA effect

The end of jobs

Dreams gone to rust. The Monongahela Valley mourns for steel

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Unemployment

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The Austerity Myth

In recovery

More Government, Please!

Up from Globalism

Weekly Review

Numbers Racket

Jet blues

Wheel of misfortune

Tracking the NAFTA effect

The end of jobs

Dreams gone to rust. The Monongahela Valley mourns for steel

September 1986

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