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Vol. 5 No. 16December 1993
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Spheres of Affluence
The fantasy of free trade still commands broad allegiance despite mounting evidence that it's not optimal for either economic growth or national interest. -
Ad Missions
Insurance companies aren't just selling policies. They're selling ideology too. -
A Few Good Men
More men are taking family life seriously. But they are still a minority, and the system still punishes those who choose the daddy track. -
Friend or Faux?
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Delivering Health Reform
Can the Clintons find the votes for health care reform without wrecking the logic of universal coverage, cost-control, and managed competition? -
System Crash
Supposedly, a knowledge economy produces competitiveness and secure jobs. IBM employees in upstate New York learned otherwise. -
The Joys of Recession
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Government Lite
Two cheers for the Gore Report. The vice president is good on repairing the means, oddly silent on the ends. -
Keynes, Einstein, and Scientific Revolution
Economics follows the wrong model of physics. Keynes appreciated that jobs, savings, and growth are all relative. -
Back to the Future
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Can Markets Govern?
Let's have responsive government, but in the end a citizen cannot be reduced to a consumer. -
Altered States
The globalized economy disarms the nation-state. We need a blend of familiar Keynesian insights and new institutions. -
Citizen Keynes
Skidelsky's dazzling biography gets Keynes the man just right, and his economics somewhat wrong. -
Back by Popular Demand
With mass unemployment again afflicting the world, it's time to rediscover Keynes -- the real Keynes. -
Voters in the Crosshairs
New technologies were supposed to enable campaigns to reach more voters. Instead, they ended up fragmenting and alienating much of the electorate. -
Imagebusters
Revulsion against television violence offers cheap indignation. Unfortunately, imagebusting does little about the deeper sources of our violent society. -
Depressing Our Way to Recovery
Deficit obsession is a sure recipe for sluggish growth. -
The Evasion of Politics
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Vol. 4 No. 15September 1993
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Going South
NAFTA defenders say Mexico can't lure high-wage jobs away, but they are already heading across the border -- and the treaty will only make matters worse. -
Forecasting Follies
Using models to predict presidential elections can be fun. Too bad they don't work. -
Blood Knots
Our society and our laws have an outrageous biological bias. The author's own odyssey suggests why adoption is a much-scorned but often superior alternative to reproductive heroics. -
Hispanic USA
We are witnessing the Hispanization of the United States, not the Americanization of Hispanics. -
Lani Guinier's Constitution
Guinier's critics were only half right. She is a political radical--but no quota queen. As a constitutionalist, she was neither separatist nor undemocratic. She would have gotten along nicely with James Madison. -
The New Immigration and the Old Civil Rights
The new immigration infuses America with new minority groups. This spells trouble for the old strategies of black uplift. New coalitions will require new concepts of disadvantage, affirmative action, and desert. -
The Left's Obsessive Opposition
My liberal friends are being too hard on Bill Clinton. His mandate and congressional majority are wafer thin, and he's doing well with what he has. Would you rather have George Bush? -
The Gender Gap Mystique
Women are newly influential in politics, but those who court the gender gap on the cheap will not succeed. Women's interests, issues, and voting preferences are every bit as complex as men's -- and demand equal respect. -
The Myth of the New Democrats
There isn't much new or Democratic about the New Democrats. They preach the same brand of conservative politics that has run this country into the ground. -
Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It
Liberals who embrace welfare reform have conceded too much of the argument to the right. The main problem is not lazy, shiftless welfare mothers; it's the collapse of the lower middle-class economy. -
The Coming Budget Battle
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Separatist But Equal?
Detroit's all-black academies are neither as bad as the critics claim nor as uplifting as their defenders insist. Considering the alternatives, they are worth a try. -
Journal of Graphic Fantasies
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Money Talks, Reform Walks
Last time around, campaign finance reform failed because it lacked public financing. Twenty years later, Congress seems determined to make the same mistake. -
Market, State, and Dystopia
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Vol. 4 No. 14June 1993
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Do Europeans Do It Better?
We can learn a lot from European labor policy, but beware naive Sweden-envy. -
Can Clinton Govern?
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The Rhetoric of Reform
How to thwart reactionary rhetoric. -
The Political Court
After a decade of court-packing, now is no time to pretend the courts are apolitical. -
Cracking Down
Commentary on "The House That Crack Built" -
Beyond McPopulism
Can Clinton Put People First? -
But Where Are the Jobs?
Here's one more course-correction for Clinton. Otherwise, look for more low-wage jobs. -
Ethnodrama and Reality
Commentary on "The House That Crack Built" -
Affirmative Action and the Rhetoric of Reaction
Beyond "quota queens." -
The Feeble Strength of One
Suing the boss seems smart, but the company has home-court advantage. -
The Other Drug War
Universal health care reform demands that we finally control skyrocketing drug prices. -
Solidaritas at Harvard
Meet the Harvard of the labor movement, a model of the new unionism. -
Imprisoners' Dilemma
Low-level drug dealers will keep appearing, no matter how many jails we build. -
Employee Voice in Competitive Markets
The new global economy demands new models of worker regulation. -
The House That Crack Built: The Inmates of Clark County Jail
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Models of Labor Law Reform
A guide for the perplexed. -
A Constitutional Litmus Test
Justice may be blind, but in appointing justices Clinton needs to be far-sighted. -
Up Against the Wall Street Journal
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Vol. 4 No. 13March 1993
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When Patients Go To Market: The Workings of Managed Competition
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What Works: Applying What We Already Know About Successful Social Policy
Three decades of anti-poverty policy have shed much light on the best strategies for helping families. -
Mangled Competition
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The Prosperous Community: Social Capital and Public Life
If we want prosperity, we might begin by working to restore the fabric of community. -
Detoxifying the Debate
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Privatization in Eastern Europe: The Tunnel at the End of the Light
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The Myth of Public School Failure
Public schools are actually performing remarkably well. What they need is not radical reform but more support. -
Who's Bashing Tyson?
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Liberals and Public Investment: Recovering a Lost Legacy
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Deliverance?
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Can Economists Save Economics?
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Damaged Goods: Before Reinventing Government, Clinton Needs to Repair It
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Saving Disgrace? More on Savings
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Beyond Shock Therapy: Why Eastern Europe's Recovery Starts in Washington
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Saving Disgrace? More on Savings
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Crediting the Voters: A New Beginning for Campaign Finance
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Cities in the New Global Economy
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Coming Unfringed: The Unraveling of Job-Based Entitlements
Health care, pensions, and other forms of social income should be rights of citizenship, not perks of increasingly unreliable jobs.
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Vol. 4 No. 12January 1993
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A Collective Bargain: Negotiating Human Capitalism
A new deal for labor policy. -
The Politics of Repudiation 1992: Edging Toward Upheaval
Not a major realignment, but ominous rumblings. -
Rebuilding the Nonmarket Economy
Some things are too important to be sold. -
Unsparing Change
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Healthy Compromise: Universal Coverage and Managed Competition Under a Cap
A promising strategy emerges to break the impasse. -
Kinder, Gentler Canada
America could use some northern exposure. -
Affirmative Action at Berkeley
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Stealing First: The Rehnquist Court Gags on Free Speech
Clinton’s appointees need to rescue the Bill of Rights. -
Avoiding a Fiscal Dunkirk
A more progressive tax code is an essential part of any new economic plan. -
An Alliance at Risk: The Disability Movement and Health Care Reform
They should be on the same side. -
Winning With Tax Reform: The Connecticut Story
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Continental Drift: NAFTA and Its Aftershocks
The trade problem is much bigger than the treaty. -
The Global Money Trap: Can Clinton Master the Markets?
If not, he will be their slave. -
The Great School Sell-Off
Vouchers would auction off our future. -
Whose Body Politic?
The boundaries between public and private are murkier than ever. -
Coalition or Collision? Medicare and Health Reform
Budget realities could divide old friends.
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