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Commentary Hahnel: Let's Review

Commentary, April, 08 2000 Robin Hahnel
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For almost 20 years an accelerating process many of us now call corporate sponsored globalization has been changing the way the international economy operates. Under the title “neoliberalism” multinational corporations have succeed...

Commentary Guellec: HMO Execs Debate How to Heal Their Image

Commentary, April, 07 2000 Dorothy Guellec
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Quietly HMO top brass have been meeting in Texas to find ways to improve Òtheir battered public image.Ó They are divided as to how to do this. The three big ones United Health Group, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Humana suggest industry wide c...

Graphic Wagner: Nike

Graphic, April, 06 2000 Pete Wagner
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Nike, shoes, athletic shoes, divestment, cartoon, exploitation, workers, slave labor

Graphic Wagner: Cloned Pigs

Graphic, April, 05 2000 Pete Wagner
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clone, cloning, bioengineering, GMO, genetic engineering, cloned pigs

Commentary Dowd: SOCIAL SECURITY: FROM SCAM TO SCANDAL IN 65 YEARS

Commentary, April, 05 2000 Douglas Dowd
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Of course it's been better than nothing, considering only the great number of old and survivors it has kept at or above the poverty line; or so we are told. But at least two points: about 40 percent of families over 65 have an annual income of und...

Commentary Bond: Run on the Bank

Commentary, April, 05 2000 Patrick Bond
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"We can't REALLY aim to shut down the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, you know, Patrick. What would we do without them? What would take their place?"

Commentary Solomon: SELF-CENSORSHIP IS SHADOWING THE NEW MEDIA ERA

Commentary, April, 04 2000 Norman Solomon
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Months have passed since America Online and Time Warner announced plans to merge. Big news at the time, the formation of the world's largest media firm is already old hat. And so it goes: Like the rest of us, journalists quickly get used to the la...

Commentary Mokhiber: Who Owns America?

Commentary, April, 03 2000 Russell Mokhiber
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The other day, at our local bookstore, we passed a book. And then doubled back. ÊThe book is titled Who Owns America?: A Declaration of Independence. Sounded like it was written by people we should know. But on further investigation, we recognized...

Graphic Anderson: Sweatshop

Graphic, April, 02 2000 Kirk Anderson
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sweatshop

Commentary Albert: Economics and the Rest Of Society

Commentary, April, 02 2000 Michael Albert
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A Participatory Economy produces, consumes, and allocates to meet peopleÕs needs and develop their capacities. It also promotes equity, solidarity, diversity, and self-management. Its central features are workersÕ and consumersÕ councils, remunera...

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