Issue 220: November/December 1998

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.

features

Capitalist Collapse

David M. Kotz

How Russia Can Recover
Learning From the Southeast Asian Crisis

John Miller
Can the Korean Labor Movement Defeat the IMF

James Crotty and Gary Dymski
Credit Card Pushers Pump Up Profits—And Risk

Abby Scher
Why Is It So Hard to Reform the Teamsters?

Dan Labotz
Wall Street's Fondest Dream

Christian Weller

The Insanity of Privatizing Social Security

the regulars

the short run Girl Scouts Hit the Mall
letters Hidden Taxes?
active culture Banana Politics | Building a U.S./South Asian Left
comment Stocks Run Amok | The Fake Federal Budget Surplus | Fed Rubber Stamps Citicorp-Travelers Merger
in review Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash | Feeding Dependency, Starving Democracy: USAID Policies in Haiti
ask dr. dollar Why have CEO Salaries Skyrocketed?
economy in numbers Black Men Still Jobless

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

Interview: Asian Garment Worker Uprisings

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

Issue 220: November/December 1998

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the regulars