Issue 270: Spring 2007

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features

• The Homeownership Myth

  Howard Karger

  How pushing homeownership puts low-income people at risk.

• Supply, Demand, and Tortillas

  Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy

  Rising staple prices rile the population in Mexico.

• Chase: A Bank for the New Century?

  Joseph Pluta

  Chase Bank's suspect practices suggest the consequences of banking deregulation.

• The Care Gap

  Robert Drago

  Why we ignore those in need, and what to do about it.

the regulars

• from the editors
• the short run
• letters
• active culture Permitting Pollution in Texas/Fidelity and Genocide
• commentDebt Vultures in Africa/Interview with Greg Palast
• commentThe Real Political Purpose of the ICE Raids
• making senseSouth Korean Labor Faces Repression
• economy in numbers The Dow High and Stock Ownership
• ask dr. dollarThe Fed and the "International Banking Conspiracy"