Issue 306: May/June 2013

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.

School Data Profiteering
By Dan Schneider | June 17

Data-collecting software from inBloom, a joint venture of the Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, is riling privacy and education activists. Read more »
Undercounting the Poor
By Jeannette Wicks-Lim | June 6

The Census Bureau’s alternative Supplemental Poverty Measure is an improvement, but it still underestimates how many of us are poor. Read more »
Greece and the Crisis of Europe: Which Way Out?

By Marjolein Van Der Veen

Examining alternatives to neoliberal austerity—including Keynesian and socialist solutions. Read more »
Chained CPI: Bad for Seniors and for Accuracy

By John Miller

Calculating the COLAs using the chained CPI will reduce Social Security benefits by more and more each year. Read more »
Unemployment Is Down, So What’s the Problem?

By Alejandro Reuss

The official U-3 unemployment rate is down, yet the employment-to-population ratio is flat. What gives? Read more »

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Battling Business-as-Usual Unionism

By Brian Walsh

Worker Insurgencies and Labor Revitalization | Order this issue or subscribe.
Palm Oil Oppression

By Sarah Blaskey and Jesse Chapman

Campesinos struggle against large landowners. | Order this issue or subscribe.

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the short run
two centsLetters on “Beyond Deficit Scare-Mongering”
cartoon Unemployment Measurement
economy in numbers GDP and Its Alternatives
ask dr. dollar Is “Fractional Reserve Banking” to Blame?

Taxing the Top

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Issue 306: May/June 2013

Available only in the print edition:

features

the regulars