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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...
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...
Wagner: Nike
Graphic, April, 06 2000
Pete Wagner
Wagner's ZSpace page
Nike, shoes, athletic shoes, divestment, cartoon, exploitation, workers, slave labor
Wagner: Cloned Pigs
Graphic, April, 05 2000
Pete Wagner
Wagner's ZSpace page
clone, cloning, bioengineering, GMO, genetic engineering, cloned pigs
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...
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?"
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...
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...
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...
