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Economy
Reporting and analysis on the American economy and economic policy: how markets, monopolies, and public policy shape jobs, wages, and opportunity. Includes our long-running coverage of antitrust and corporate power in The Monopolized Economy.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April 2013
Three Ways to Bring Manufacturing Back to America
The much-ballyhooed “in-sourcing” trend is real enough. But it won’t amount to much unless Washington acts.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April 2013
A Tale of Two Trade Deals
Never mind Asia, time to pivot to Europe.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April 2013
The Monthly Interview
A conversation with Alexis Tsipras, the Greek opposition leader who could save, or blow up, the world economy.
Posted inMagazine
Is Inequality Shortening Your Life Span?
White, black, or brown, we’d all live longer in a more equal, less status-driven society.
Posted inEconomy, January/February 2013, Magazine
The American Dream, Redeemed
How to make homeownership a safe bet for minority borrowers.
Posted inJanuary/February 2013
A House Divided
Why do middle-class blacks have far less wealth than whites at the same income level? The answer is in real estate and history.
Posted inEconomy, January/February 2013, Magazine
The New White Negro
What it means that family breakdown is now biracial.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2012, The Monopolized Economy
Last Call
Industry giants are threatening to swallow up America’s carefully regulated alcohol industry, and remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, November/December 2012, The Monopolized Economy
Obama’s Game of Chicken
The untold story of how the administration tried to stand up to big agricultural companies on behalf of independent farmers, and lost.
