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The AbyssRobert Kuttner
The recession is here---or just around the corner, depending on whom you talk to. The q...



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All the President's Handouts (Review) Robert Kuttner
Plan of Attack, by Bob Woodward
- Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward

Features
America as a One-Party StateRobert Kuttner
Today's hard right seeks total domination. It's packing the courts and rigging the rule...

Ass BackwardRobert Kuttner

Of Our Time
Back to the FutureRobert Kuttner

Bad ChecksRobert Kuttner
The Administration's banking reform scheme gives us the worst of both worlds: more publ...


Beyond Left and RightRobert Kuttner
A guide for the unwary

Bleeding-Heart ConservativeRobert Kuttner
HUD looked like a bad career move for presidential aspirant Jack Kemp. But the bold ide...

Bloc That TradeRobert Kuttner
The emerging world of giant trading blocs has free traders grumbling, but they always w...





Dispatches
BubbleheadRobert Kuttner

Budget BazaarRobert Kuttner





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Capital Rues (2 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance, by Rawi Abdelal
- Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance by Rawi Abdelal
- The Bridge at the Edge of the World by James Gustave Speth





Come TogetherRobert Kuttner and Will Marshall
If these two can agree on a progressive strategy, so can you!

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The Coming Bush Bust (3 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Neoconomy, by Daniel Altman
- Neoconomy by Daniel Altman
- Innovation and Its Discontents by Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner
- Running on Empty by Peter G. Peterson

CommentRobert Kuttner
Never Mind

Comment: 2002: A Haste OdysseyRobert Kuttner
Why is everyone rushing to balance the budget?

Compassion and CoalitionRobert Kuttner
The American Prospect, May 2007, pp. 31-51





The Mideast Issue
A Conversation with Zbigniew BrzezinskiRobert Kuttner and Zbigniew Brzezinski


CoverBill Caldwell and Bob Kuttner


Crime and RedemptionDrake Bennett and Robert Kuttner



The Declining MiddleBob Kuttner
As the base of the economy shifts from manufacturing to high-techology and service indu...


DukakonomicsRobert Kuttner


The Dustbin of EconomicsRobert Kuttner
Marx never got around to thinking about the transformation from communism to capitalism...


The Economic Illusion (1984)Robert Kuttner
False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice
8 Reviews, 3 Readable


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The Economist's Heart (Review) Robert Kuttner
Passions Within Reason, by Robert H. Frank
- Passions Within Reason by Robert H. Frank

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Elephant in the Voting Booth (3 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Building Confidence in U.S. Elections,
- Building Confidence in U.S. Elections
- Three's a Crowd by Ronald B. Rapoport and Walter J. Stone
- The Two Reconstructions by Richard M. Valelly

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The End of Equality? (Review) Robert Kuttner
The End of Equality, by Mickey Kaus
- The End of Equality by Mickey Kaus

The End of Laissez-Faire (1991)Robert Kuttner
National Purpose and the Global Economy After the Cold War
7 Reviews, 2 Readable


Everything for Sale (1997)Robert Kuttner
The Virtues and Limits of Markets
6 Reviews, 3 Readable

Features
The Faithless FifteenRobert Kuttner and Asheesh Kapur Siddique

False ProfitRobert Kuttner

Fat and SassyRobert Kuttner


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A Fine Mess (3 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Financial Shock, by Mark Zandi
- Financial Shock by Mark Zandi
- Banking on Basel by Daniel K. Tarullo
- The New Paradigm for Financial Markets by George Soros

The Fire WallRobert Kuttner


Fixing the EconomyRobert Kuttner
Good Jobs for Americans Who Help Americans
The American Prospect, May 2008, pp. 31-34

Flawed FixesRobert Kuttner



Features
Friendly TakeoverRobert Kuttner

The Fudge FactorRobert Kuttner
The bipartisan cooking of the budget numbers


Getting ThereRobert Kuttner

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Going Private (3 Reviews) Bob Kuttner
Privatizing the Public Sector, by Emanuel S. Savas
- Privatizing the Public Sector by Emanuel S. Savas
- Government by Contract by John D. Hanrahan
- Meeting Human Needs by Jack A. Meyer

Good JobsRobert Kuttner
The Road to Good Jobs


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The Great Enabler (Review) Robert Kuttner
The Age of Turbulence, by Alan Greenspan
- The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan


Green Common GroundRobert Kuttner, Bart Harvey, and Frances Beinecke, ...


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High Marx (Review) Robert Kuttner
The Nature and Logic of Capitalism, by Robert L. Heilbroner
- The Nature and Logic of Capitalism by Robert L. Heilbroner


Secure Personal Identification
Illegal ImmigrationRobert Kuttner
Would a National ID Card Help?


Prisoners of Economics
Is There a Democratic Economics?Robert Kuttner




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The Left Languishes (Review) Robert Kuttner
The New Politics of Inequality, by Thomas Byrne Edsall
- The New Politics of Inequality by Thomas Byrne Edsall

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The Left's Recovery (3 Reviews) Bob Kuttner
Beyond the Wasteland, by Samuel Bowles, David M. Gordon, and Thomas E. Weisskopf, ...
- Beyond the Wasteland by Samuel Bowles, David M. Gordon, and Thomas E. Weisskopf, ...
- A New Social Contract by Martin Carnoy, Derek Shearer, and Russell Rumberger, ...
- Recapitalizing America by Sally M. Miller and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey



The Life of the Party (1987)Robert Kuttner
Democratic Prospects in 1988 and Beyond
7 Reviews, 1 Readable

Special Section: To Marke, To Market
The Limits of MarketsRobert Kuttner

Loophole LogicRobert Kuttner





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Must Trade Kill Equality? (8 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
An Economic Strategy to Advance Opportunity, Prosperity, and Growth, by Roger C. Altman...
- An Economic Strategy to Advance Opportunity, Prosperity, and Growth by Roger C. Altman, Jason E. Bordoff, and Peter R. Orszag, ...
- How We Compete by Suzanne Berger
- The European Economy Since 1945 by Barry Eichengreen
- In China's Shadow by Reed Hundt
- The Writing on the Wall by Will Hutton
- Egalitarian Capitalism by Lane Kenworthy
- Inequality and Prosperity by Jonas Pontusson
- Making Globalization Work by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Special Report
The New Ballot BoxRobert Kuttner, Don Hamilton, Sam Rosenfeld, and Phil Keisling, ...

A New Progressive Era?Robert Kuttner
Teachable Moments

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A New Slogan (Review) Robert Kuttner
The High-Flex Society, by Pat Choate and J.K. Linger
- The High-Flex Society by Pat Choate and J.K. Linger


Notes from UndergroundRobert Kuttner
Clashing Theories about the "Underclass"



Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
The Moral Equivalent of War Production

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
A Pile of Vetoes

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
Taking Care of Business

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
After Solidarity
The American Prospect, May 1996, pp. 6-10

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
A Liberal Dunkirk

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
Fearful Symmetry

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
Rules That Liberate
The American Prospect, May 1997, pp. 6-10

Of Our TimeRobert Kuttner
Wayne's World

Old SoftieRobert Kuttner
When Alan Cranston saved his Senate seat with Charles Keating's funny money, he showed ...


Of Our Time
Only ConnectRobert Kuttner

Part 3: What If...Robert Kuttner
A Slight Oversight

Party FlavorsRobert Kuttner


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The Perfect Pension (Review) Robert Kuttner
Social Security: The System That Works, by Merton C. Bernstein and Joan Brodshaug Berns...
- Social Security: The System That Works by Merton C. Bernstein and Joan Brodshaug Bernstein, ...

Plane TruthRobert Kuttner
Admit it: airline deregulation has failed



ProspectsRobert Kuttner
Exit With Honor

ProspectsRobert Kuttner
The Right Fight

ProspectsRobert Kuttner
Bush's Tipping Point

ProspectsRobert Kuttner
Leadership, Please

ProspectsRobert Kuttner
Failures of Politics

ProspectsRobert Kuttner
Is Corruption Enough?

Columns
ProspectsRobert Kuttner











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Protection Racket (Review) Robert Kuttner
Honest Graft, by Brooks Jackson
- Honest Graft by Brooks Jackson


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Re-Inventing the Wheel (2 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Re-Inventing the Corporation, by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene
- Re-Inventing the Corporation by John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene
- Beyond Mechanization by Larry Hirschhorn

Reasonable DoubtsRobert Kuttner
Life After Death






Reports & CommentBob Kuttner
Sweden/Denmark: Trials of Two Welfare States

Reports & CommentRobert Kuttner
Trade: Another Great Victory of Ideology Over Prosperity


Books
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The Screen: Guess Who's Coming to Lunch? (Review) Robert Kuttner
Chemical and Biological Warfare, by Seymour M. Hersh
- Chemical and Biological Warfare by Seymour M. Hersh

Books
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Verse (3 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Trial, by Tom Hayden
- Trial by Tom Hayden
- The Great Conspiracy Trial by Jason Epstein
- The Barnyard Epithet and Other Obscenities by J. Anthony Lukas

Revolt of the Haves (1980)Robert Kuttner
Tax Rebellions and Hard Times
3 Reviews




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The Shape of Things to Come (Review) Robert Kuttner
The Second Industrial Divide, by Michael J. Piore and Charles F. Sabel
- The Second Industrial Divide by Michael J. Piore and Charles F. Sabel


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The Simplification Dodge (2 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
100 Million Unnecessary Returns~~One Hundred Million Unnecessary Returns, by Michael J....
- 100 Million Unnecessary Returns~~One Hundred Million Unnecessary Returns by Michael J. Graetz
- Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston

Slouching toward PluralismRobert Kuttner
An End to "The American Century"?


Solidarity ManRobert Kuttner

The Squandering of America (2007)Robert Kuttner
How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity
1 Review

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Starving for Your Job (Review) Robert Kuttner
The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman
- The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

Criticism
State of the DebateRobert Kuttner
Peddling Krugman

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The State of the Unions (4 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
The Share Economy, by Martin L. Weitzman
- The Share Economy by Martin L. Weitzman
- What Do Unions Do? by Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff
- Unionism, Economic Stabilization, and Incomes Policies by Robert J. Flanagan, David W. Soskice, and Lloyd Ulman, ...
- Working Class Hero by Stanley Aronowitz

StorylinesRobert Kuttner
Get Me Rewrite

Symposium: The Work Ethic StateRobert Kuttner
Jobs Plus Compassion

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Tax Americana (Review) Robert Kuttner
A Law Unto Itself, by David Burnham
- A Law Unto Itself by David Burnham

Thanks for SharingRobert Kuttner
Have you heard that our allies in the Gulf crisis are paying their chunk of the costs? ...


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The Trespasser (Review) Robert Kuttner
Rival Views of Market Society, and Other Recent Essays, by Albert O. Hirschman
- Rival Views of Market Society, and Other Recent Essays by Albert O. Hirschman




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Truth in Capitalism (Review) Robert Kuttner
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism, by John C. Bogle
- The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism by John C. Bogle





Of Our Time
Up from 1994Robert Kuttner




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What It Will Take (2 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Building Red America, by Thomas B. Edsall
- Building Red America by Thomas B. Edsall
- The Great Risk Shift by Jacob S. Hacker

What Path to Universal Healthcare?Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect, May 2008, pp. 2-3

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What Would Jefferson Do? (6 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Freethinkers, by Susan Jacoby
- Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby
- The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal
- The Pity of It All by Amos Elon
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Never Again? by Abraham Foxman
- One Electorate Under God? by E.J. Dionne, Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla M. Drogosz, ...

What's the Beef?Robert Kuttner
If the Democratic Leadership Council would quit beating up on its old enemies, it might...









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You May Say I'm a Dreamer (2 Reviews) Robert Kuttner
Making Waves and Riding the Currents, by Charles Halpern
- Making Waves and Riding the Currents by Charles Halpern
- The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor by Les Leopold


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The 2-Percent Illusion (Review) Robert Kuttner
The Two Percent Solution, by Matthew Miller
- The Two Percent Solution by Matthew Miller
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