Content
November 1997, Volume 40, Issue 6
- 85-98 The Natural Rate of Unemployment by Race, Gender, and Class
by Robin L. Bartlett & Paul Haas - 99-116 The Case for Contracting out and Privatization
by Charles Bingman & Bernard Pitsvada - 117-122 Baumol’s Cost Disease Reconsidered
by Erwin R. Tiongson
September 1997, Volume 40, Issue 5
- 3-5 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 6-28 What Went Wrong with the Defense Review
by Franklin Spinney - 29-58 How New Is New Growth Theory?
by Richard Nelson - 59-76 The Case for Liberalizing Markets
by Mancur Olson - 77-94 Unions in the Twenty-First Century
by David Bonior - 95-108 Angst in the Global Village
by Stephen Roach - 109-124 Why Economists Should Study Fairness
by Steven Suranovic - 125-128 Money: Who Has How Much and Why by Andrew Hacker
by Edward Chase - 128-135 Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia by David Remnick
by M. E. Sharpe
July 1997, Volume 40, Issue 4
- 3-5 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 6-14 Have Wages Turned the Corner?
by Jared Bernstein & Lawrence Mishel - 15-26 Rewarding Work
by Edmund Phelps - 27-35 Macroeconomics in the Conservative Era
by James Tobin - 36-44 A Core of Macroeconomic Beliefs?
by Alan S. Blinder - 45-57 The Clinton Administration’s Vision
by James K. Galbraith - 58-82 The Public Sector and Sunbelt Development
by Bill Luker - 83-96 The Inevitability of Government
by Thomas Foster - 97-108 Should Women Support the Privatization of Social Security?
by John Williamson - 108-108 Erratum
by The Editors
May 1997, Volume 40, Issue 3
- 3-4 Letter from the Editor
by Jeff Madrick - 5-13 The Sorry Politics of the Balanced Budget
by Thomas Palley - 14-21 The Boskin Commission’s Trillion-Dollar Fantasy
by Wynne Godley & George McCarthy - 22-34 Defending the Clinton Administration
by Joseph Stiglitz - 35-49 The Pitfalls of Russian Privatization
by Marshall Goldman - 50-56 A Different Transatlantic View
by Arne Heise - 57-74 Is the European Common Currency Worth It?
by James Dean - 75-102 The Limits of Labor Markets
by Robert Kuttner - 103-115 Long-Term Care: The New Risks of Old Age
by Robert Hudson - 116-126 Using Our Natural Resources More Effectively
by Henry Webster & Daniel Chappelle - 127-133 Bastard Keynesianism: The Evolution of Economic Policymaking Since World War II by Lynn Turgeon; The Indebted Society: Anatomy of an Ongoing Disaster by James Medoff, Andrew Harless
by Daniel Fusfeld
March 1997, Volume 40, Issue 2
- 3-5 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 6-12 Missing the Turn
by James Medoff & Andrew Harless - 13-37 The Downside of Bad Data
by Everett Ehrlich - 38-47 How Right Is the Boskin Commission?
by Janet Norwood - 48-74 Quality Change in the CPI
by Charles Hulten - 75-94 The Relevance of Hyman Minsky
by Robert Pollin - 95-109 The Macroeconomics of William Vickrey
by Timothy Canova - 110-120 Unemployment Insurance for a New Age
by Oren Levin-Waldman - 121-127 The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991 by Eric Hobsbawm
by M.E. Sharpe - 127-128 The New American Ghetto by Camille José Vergara
by Annie Collopy
January 1997, Volume 40, Issue 1
- 3-5 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 6-15 Black Holes in the Statistics
by Robert Eisner - 16-29 Interview with Deirdre McCloskey
by Livia Polanyi - 30-45 Medicare: Short-Term Answers, Long-Term Questions
by Robert Friedland - 46-57 Has Environmental Protection Really Reduced Productivity Growth?
by Robert Repetto & Dale Rothman & Paul Faeth & Duncan Austin - 58-68 The Urbanization of Poverty Worldwide
by Gerard Piel - 69-71 The Growth of the World’s Urban Poor
by The Editors - 72-86 What Drives Agricultural Cycles?
by James Herendeen & Milton Hallberg - 87-109 A Letter from Vietnam
by Ngo Vinh Long - 110-123 A Republican’s Post-Election Agenda for Economic Growth
by Murray Weidenbaum - 124-127 The Party’s Not Over by Jeff Faux; The Coming American Renaissance by Michael Moynihan
by Clyde Prestowitz - 127-129 America Needs a Raise by John J. Sweeney, David Kusnet
by M.E. Sharpe - 129-130 When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor by William Julius Wilson
by M.E. Sharpe
November 1996, Volume 39, Issue 6
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-7 Post-Election Safety Nets
by Amitai Etzioni - 8-14 Can We Grow Faster?
by Alan Blinder - 15-15 The Social Security Debate
by The Editors - 16-18 The Hard Facts about Social Security
by Olivia Mitchell & Joseph Quinn - 19-20 It’s Time to Privatize Social Security
by Michael Tanner - 21-22 Rescuing Social Security
by Laurence Kotlikoff - 23-24 The Social Security Sky Is Not Falling
by Robert Myers - 25-27 A Strategy to Maintain Social Security Benefits
by Thomas W. Jones - 28-30 Undermining Social Security’s Basic Objectives
by Eric Kincson & John Williamson - 31-32 The Assumptions Are Too Pessimistic
by Dean Baker - 33-42 The State of American Workers
by Lawrence Mishel & Jared Bernstein & John Schmitt - 43-45 The State of the Poor
by The Editors - 46-49 The Embarrassment of Economics
by Robert Heilbroner - 50-56 What’s Next in the Great Debate about Measuring Wealth and Progress?
by Hazel Henderson - 57-59 Daniel Bell: Schriftsteller Extraordinaire
by Edward T. Chase - 60-62 Short Takes
by M. E. Sharpe
September 1996, Volume 39, Issue 5
- 2-3 Letter from die Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-10 Will the Democrats Win Back the House?
by Richard Gephardt - 11-17 Low Inflation or No Inflation: Should the Federal Reserve Pursue Complete Price Stability?
by George Akerlof & William Dickens & George Perry - 18-25 The Consumer Price Index as a Target of Monetary Policy
by Dimitri B. Papadimitrion & L. Randall Wray - 26-33 The Overstated CPI— Can It Really Be True?
by Dean Baker - 34-37 Real Welfare Reform: Help for Working Parents
by Barbara Bergmann - 38-41 Child Poverty Reduces Lifetime Worker Output
by Children's Defense Fund - 42-44 The Economic Benefits of Diverting Children from Crime
by Peter Greenwood & Karyn Model & C. Peter Rydell & James Chiesa - 45-53 America’s Income Inequality: Where Do We Stand?
by Timothy Smeeding - 54-61 India’s Democratic Economic Information
by Surendra Kaushik - 62-64 Adam Smith: Right and Wrong
by M. E. Sharpe
July 1996, Volume 39, Issue 4
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-10 Has Downsizing Gone Too Far?
by Robert Reich - 11-16 Why Markets Tolerate Mediocre Manufacturing
by Daniel Luria - 17-22 The Growing Gap between Standard Economic Indicators and the Nation’s Social Health
by Marque-Luisa Miringoff & Marc Miringoff & Sandra Opdycke - 23-33 Defense Time Bomb: F-22/JSF Case Study Hypothetical Escape Option
by Franklin C. Spinney - 34-39 Monetary Union: Still Doming in Europe and North America?
by George von Furstenberg & Michele Fratianni - 40-44 The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Competition Policy on Domestic Pricing
by Robert Feinberg - 45-50 Policies of Prejudice: Risky Encounters with the Property Insurance Business
by Gregor Squires - 51-58 Balancing Competition and Cooperation
by Lane Kenworthy - 59-62 Anxiety Over Wages Is Justified
by Jared Bernstein - 62-64 The Good Society and Its Enemies
by M. E. Sharpe
May 1996, Volume 39, Issue 3
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-8 The Truth about Social Mobility
by Stephen J. Rose - 9-16 Has Social Spending Grown out of Control?
by Richard Sutch - 17-23 Does Social Spending Deter Economic Growth?
by Peter Lindert - 24-28 The Flat Tax: Would Wealthy Individuals Really Pay?
by David Roberts & Mark Sullivan - 29-34 What Really Happened in the 1980s
by Lawrence Chimerine - 35-45 The Vietnam War and the Political Economy of Full Employment
by Dean Baker & Robert Pollin & Elizabeth Zahrt - 46-52 Free Trade and Social Dumping: Lessons from the Regulation of U.S. Interstate Commerce
by Bruce Elmslie & William Milberg - 53-57 The Economic Report of the President Transmitted to the Congress, February 1996: A Review
by James K. Galbraith - 58-59 The Appreciating Yen and Japanese Cost-Cutting Strategies
by Robert Carbaugh & Darwin Wassink - 60-62 What’s Wrong with Economists?
by M. E. Sharpe
March 1996, Volume 39, Issue 2
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-8 What Is Feminist Economics All About?
by Julie Nelson - 9-12 Becker’s Theory of the Family: Preposterous Conclusions
by Barbara R. Bergmann - 13-20 How Economists Shape Their Tales
by Diana Strassmann - 21-25 Labor Wants to Spread Its Wings
by Richard Bensinger - 26-31 The Economics of the 1994 Election and U.S. Politics Today
by Ruy A. Teixeira - 32-38 Does Research Create Jobs?
by Zoltan J. Acs - 39-47 Why Is the Mafia so Dominant in Russia?
by Marshall I. Goldman - 48-51 Privatization Is Not the Key to Successful Transition
by Martin C. Spechler - 52-56 South Africa’s Economic Prospects
by John B. Hall - 57-59 How Much Should Japan Import?
by Charles T. Stewart - 59-61 A New (Keynesian) Look at Gas Rationing
by Alan Day Haight - 62-64 Ownership and Control: Rethinking Corporate Governance for the Twenty-First Century By Margaret M. Blair
by M. E. Sharpe
January 1996, Volume 39, Issue 1
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrid - 4-8 Infrastructure Investment Can Stimulate Growth
by Richard A. Mudge - 9-21 Science, Economic Growth, and Public Policy
by Richard R. Nelson & Paul M. Romer - 22-29 When Investing in Education Matters and When It Does Not
by Mark R. Rosenzweig - 30-35 How Will Welfare Recipients Fare in the Labor Market?
by Sheldon Danziger & Jeffrey Lehman - 36-44 U.S. Competitiveness: “Resurgence” versus Reality
by Robert H. Hayes - 45-49 Budget Deficits and National Saving
by William D. Nordhaus - 50-54 The U.S. Brain Gain—At the Expense of Blacks?
by Jagdish Bhagwati & Milind Rao - 55-59 Developing China’s Hinterland: From Autarky to Anarchy?
by Bernard L. Weinstein - 60-62 Presto Change-o! On the Consumer Price Index
by Audrey Freedman - 62-65 What Would Keynes Think of Shock Therapy? By Robert Skidelsky
by Lynn Turgeon - 65-68 Labor’s Future
by M. E. Sharpe
November 1995, Volume 38, Issue 6
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-11 Why Wages Aren’t Growing
by Gary Burtless - 12-17 Rethinking Assumptions Behind Corporate Governance
by Margaret M. Blair - 18-30 Is a Productivity Revolution under Way in the United States?
by Stephen D. Oliner & William L. Wascher - 31-34 Corporate Surveys Can’t Find a Productivity Revolution, Either
by The Editors - 35-39 Britain Goes Down the Path of Income Inequality
by Frederick R. Strobel - 40-45 Racial Inequality, Economic Dysfunction, and Reparations
by Richard F. America - 46-51 Theory versus Empiricism in Academic Economics
by Theodore Morgan - 52-54 Why Welfare Is (Still) so Hard to Reform
by Bradley R. Schiller - 55-58 Fixing the Economy: The “Company Store” Problem
by Doug Korty - 59-62 The End of Economic Man: Principles of Any Future Economics. Third Edition by George P. Brockway
by E. Ray Canterbery - 62-64 The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War by Alan Brinkley
by M. E. Sharpe
September 1995, Volume 38, Issue 5
- 2-3 Letter from the Editor
by Jeffrey Madrick - 4-11 Balanced Budgets and Unreasonable Expectations
by Robert D. Reischauer - 12-18 New Perspectives on the Standard of Living
by Richard H. Steckel - 19-24 America’s Social Health: The Nation’s Need to Know
by Marc Miringoff & Marque-Luisa Miringoff - 25-31 Employee Empowerment: Solution to a Burgeoning Crisis?
by George K. Y. Tseo & Eduardo Lacerda Ramos - 32-37 Worker Rights Promote Productivity Growth
by Robert Buchele & Jens Christiansen - 38-46 Employee Participation and Labor-Management Cooperation in American Workplaces
by The Editors - 47-51 The “Hard Landing” Revisited
by Alan Reynolds - 52-56 The Case for Subsidizing the Arts
by William Baumol - 57-59 Abroad
by Geoffrey Carliner - 59-61 To Renew America by Newt Gingrich
by M. E. Sharpe - 61-64 North-South Trade: Employment and Inequality by Adrian Wood
by Gary Burtless
July 1995, Volume 38, Issue 4
- 2-4 Editorial Perspective
by Richard D. Bartel - 5-12 A Guide to the Deficit
by James K. Galbraith & William Darity - 13-22 Worldwide Development or Population Explosion: Our Choice
by Gerard Piel - 23-28 The Minimum Wage Revisited
by Jay Mazur - 29-37 Making the Case for Cities
by Peter Dreier - 38-45 Statistical Discrepancies in Our Federal Data Programs
by Daniel J.B. Mitchell - 46-51 Rising Sun … Falling Dollar
by William M. Burke - 52-54 Growlery
by Garth Mangum & Ken Jensen & John Mathews & Don Perkins - 55-56 International
by Esmail Hossein-Zadeh - 57-59 Perspective
by Wassily Leontief - 59-60 At Home
by Craig S. Marxsen - 60-63 Technology
by Thomas Karier - 63-64 Jobs for All by Sheila D. Collins, Helen Lachs Ginsburg, and Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
by Martin Melkonian
May 1995, Volume 38, Issue 3
- 2-4 Editorial Perspective
by Richard D. Bartel - 5-9 Economic Report of the President: A Review
by James K. Galbraith - 10-14 Saving, Economic Growth, and the Arrow of Causality
by Robert Eisner - 15-21 “Dynamic Scoring” for Sounder Budget Policy
by Martin Feldstein - 22-31 Mexican Oil and Energy Policy
by Juan M. Quintanilla & Mariano E. Bauer - 32-36 The Changing Relationship between the State and the Economy in Mexico
by Francisco Valdés-Ugalde - 37-44 Mass Immigration, Free Trade, and the Forgotten American Worker
by Vernon M. Briggs - 45-49 Government, the People, and the Problem of Order
by Warren J. Samuels - 50-50 Growlery
by Charles J. Whalen - 51-53 Response
by David D. Jones - 53-56 Analysis
by Edward Renshaw - 56-59 Abroad
by David Felix - 59-62 Perspective
by Katharine G. Abraham - 62-64 Macro Markets: Creating Institutions for Managing Society’s Largest Economic Risks ; A Future for Socialism
by Greg Hill
March 1995, Volume 38, Issue 2
- 2-4 Editorial Perspective
by Richard D. Bartel - 5-11 Freer Trade: Breaking out All Over the Globe
by C. Fred Bergsten - 12-19 The Changing Structure of Mexico
by Laura Randall - 20-25 Contexts of Mexican Policy
by Soledad Loaeza - 26-33 Mexico’s Tectonic Shift: Will It Be Long-Lasting?
by David M. Gould - 34-38 The Mexican Debt Strategy
by José Angel Gurria Treviño - 39-44 Mexico’s Foreign Economic Policy: From Admiration to Disappointment
by Sidney Weintraub - 45-50 The 1982 Debt Crisis, Chiapas, NAFTA, and Mexico’s Poor
by Nora Lustig - 51-55 Education and the Challenges of Mexican Development
by David E. Lorey - 56-62 Mexican-U.S. Migration: Policies and Economic Impacts
by Philip Martin - 63-64 Growlery
by Robert L. Bard & Lewis Kurlantzick
January 1995, Volume 38, Issue 1
- 2-4 Editorial Perspective
by Richard D. Bartel - 5-5 A National Embarrassment
by Jeff Faux - 6-6 A Fundamental Misreading of the Economy
by Jerry J. Jasinowski - 6-7 A “Soft Landing”
by David M. Jones - 7-8 The Mad Run-Up of Interest Rates
by Rudy Oswald