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Articles for Class Economics for Social Work Practice Thomas Vartanian Tuesday, 10:50-12:40

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Index of topics:

Anti-Trust Legislation
Asian Economic Crisis
Capitalism and Markets
Child Care
Consumerism and Consumer Debt
Corporate Welfare
Crime Policy
Current State of the Economy
Deregulation
Disability and Work
Environmental Policy
Federal Reserve Policy and Banking
Government Budget
Health Care
Immigration Policy
Inflation
International Trade and Unemployment
Keynsianism
Manufacturing Employment
Mental Health/Illness
Minimum Wage
Neighborhoods and Poverty
Poverty And Income/Wealth Inequality
Consequences of Income Inequality
Measuring Poverty
Income Inequality and Trade
Race, Gender and Economic Policy
School Choice
Social Security
Stock Market
Tax Policy
Unemployment
Welfare and Welfare Reform
Worker Layoffs
Work Hours and Conditions
World in Depression
World Incomes

Week 1 Presenter
"Let's Not Panick -- Yet", By Paul Krugman. Marsha

"Two Cheers for Consumerism", By Robert Skidelsky Carys

"Gap in Wealth in U.S. Called Widest in the West", by
Keith Bradsher, The New York Times, 4/17/95, p. A1 Monica

"Why Their World Might Crumble", by Lester Thurow,
The New York Times, 11/19/95, p 78. Jennifer S.

A Nike Raise in Indonesia, The New York Times, March 23, 1999

Week 2
"The Spirit of Adam Smith", by Robert J. Samuelson Chris

"The Return of Karl Marx", by John Cassidy, The New Yorker Magazine,
October 20 and October 27, 1997, pp. 248-259. Hilary

"France vs. U.S: Warring Views of Capitalism", by Roger Cohen,
The New York Times, October 20, 1997. Shahbanu

Week 3
Across Asia, a Pollution Disaster Hovers, by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF (part I) Ann Marie

Asian Pollution Is Widening Its Deadly Reach , by Nickolas D. Kristof (part II) Kendra

Clinton Presents Strategy to Quell Economic Threat, By DAVID E. SANGER Kelly

Week 4
An American Economy For Americans, by Patrick Buchanan, The Wall Street Journal, Caroline
9/5/95, p. A14.

Tariffs Protect Bad Economic Policy, by Craig Roberts, The Wall Street Journal, 9/5/95, Kerry
p. A.14.

The Wrong Enemy: Why We Shouldn't Fear Low-Wage Imports, by Jay Mandle, The Carys
American Prospect.

Week 5
Welfare Hysteria, by Charles Murray, The New York Times, Nov. 14, 1995 Kendra

Stand By for Caualties, by Mary Jo Bane, The New York Times, Nov. 10, 1996 Jennifer H.

Why Welfare Pays, by Michael Tanner and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal, 9/28/95. Joan

War on Poverty: No Apologies, Please, By Susan Mayer and Christopher Jencks, The Ann Marie
New York Times, November 9, 1995.

Week 6
It's a Far Cry From New York: Germany's Crime Problem...,by Alan Cowell, NYTs Shahbanu
October 4, 1997

Crime Keeps Falling, but Prisons Keep Filling, by Fox Butterfield, NYTs Caroline
September 28, 1997

Economists Say Prison Boom Will Take Toll, by G. Pascal Zachery, The Wall Street Journal, Hilary
9/29/95, p. B1.

Crimes of the War on Crime; Behind Police Brutality: Public Assent, By FRANK BRUNI, The
New York Times, February 21, 1999.

Gang Gunfire May Chase Chicago Children From Their School, By PAM BELLUCK, Jennifer S.
The New York Times, November 17, 1997.

These next three readings will not be assigned to any individual but will be discussed in class along with the above readings.

A FUDDY-DUDDY'S VIEW OF FREE TRADE, by Molly Ivins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
November 20, 1997.

Global Good Times, Meet the Global Glut , By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
November 16, 1997.

Nafta and the States, by Jesse Rothstein and Robert Scott, The Economic Policy Institute
(To get this article, go to search on the left hand side of the screen, type in Nafta and
the States, and go to the third article, to read this title online on the right side of the screen.)

Week 7
Americans at Debt's Door, by Maria Fiorini Ramirez, The New York Times, October 14, 1997. Joan

The Consumer Will Prevail, By W. Michael Cox, The New York Times, October 2, 1998. Kerry

Uncle Sam's Red Ink; Debt Has Made Us Prosperous, by Richard Striner, The Washington Post, Kelly
April 20, 1997.

Why Fear Debt?, by Robert Heilbroner, The New York Times, February 28, 1995 Jennifer H.

Balance the Budget, Once and for All, By Paul Simon, The New York Times, January 30, 1997. Marsha

Week 8
GOVERNMENT LAGS IN STEPS TO WIDEN HEALTH COVERAGE, by ROBERT PEAR, Carys
The New York Times, August 9, 1998

Study Finds Workers Under Stress To Have Higher Health-Care Costs, by Ron Winslow, Ann Marie
The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1998.

Rx for the Health Care System, The Wall Street Journal, October 8, 1998. Kendra/Marsha

A Government Sponsored Residual Insurance Plan, in Poor Support, by David Ellwood. Caroline

Reality of the H.M.O. System Doesn't Live Up to the Dream, by By PETER T. KILBORN,
The New York Times, October 5, 1998.

Week 9
Racism Is Not the Issue, by Orlando Patterson, The New York Times, November 16, 1997. Hilary

Economy Lifts Incomes of Single Black Women Who Head Households, By STEVEN A. HOLMES, Chris
The New York Times, August 18, 1998.

Face the Failure of Racial Preferences, by Newt Gingrich and Ward Connerly, The New York Times, Kerry
June 15, 1997.

IT'S TIME TO ABANDON GLIB IDEAS ABOUT THE POOR, SAYS WILLIAM JULIUS Caroline
WILSON, by By Craig R. McCoy, The PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, September 15, 1996.

Week 10
Get a Job, The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 1996. Jennifer H.

What the Tax Reformers are Missing, The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 1997. Ann Marie

Long March Of the Arms Contractors; They Migrate South For Cheaper Labor                                         Shahbanu
     in The Lower-Cost States, By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
    April 19, 1995.

Tax Cuts for Growth, The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1998.                                                              Marsha

Flat Wrong: New Tax Schemes Can't Top Old Progressive Truths, By Robert J. Shapiro Kendra
The Washinton Post, March 24, 1996.

Week 11
Economists raise questions about educational priorities., By Michael M. Joan
Weinstein, The New York Times, October 15, 1998.

Comprehensive Study Finds Parents and Peers Are Most Crucial Influences on Students, by Kelly
Mary B.W. Tabor, The New York Times, August 7, 1996

Secret of School Success, by George F. Will, The Washington Post, September 15, 1996 Jennifer H.

Voucher issue divides blacks Public schools in the middle of fiery debate, by Tamara Henry,                      Sam
October 1, 1997

Week 12
POWER HUNGRY: A special report.; U.S. Splurging on Energy After Falling                                         Carys/Kerry
     Off Its Diet, By ALLEN R. MYERSON, The New York Times, October 22, 1998.

Car Makers Voice Complaints About Limiting Gas Emissions, By KEITH Sam
BRADSHER, The New York Times, October 2, 1997.

Review Article on Environmental Policy, passed out in class on 11/17/98. Class

Week 13

Articles by Subject:

Antitrust Legislation

Antitrust Suit Filed Against Visa and Mastercard, By KENNETH N. GILPIN, The New York Times,
October 8, 1998.

How the Antitrust Wars Wax and Wane, By LAURENCE ZUCKERMAN, The New York Times,
April 11, 1998

Asian Economic Crisis

Asian Economic Crisis Hits Home, and Silicon Valley Is Targe, By ANDREW
POLLACK, The New York Times, October 27, 1998.

Capitalism and Markets

The Limits to Markets, by Robert Kuttner

Capitalism for Cowards, By Gerald Celente, The New York Times, October 16, 1998.

Breakdown of Free-Market Orthodoxy, by William Greider, The Washington Post, October 7, 1998.

To Deplore Capitalism Isn't Always to fight It, by Roger Cohen, The New York Times,
September 21, 1997.

"The Spirit of Adam Smith", by Robert J. Samuelson

"The Return of Karl Marx", by John Cassidy, The New Yorker Magazine,
October 20 and October 27, 1997, pp. 248-259.

"France vs. U.S: Warring Views of Capitalism", by Roger Cohen,
The New York Times, October 20, 1997.

Child Care

Hillary Clinton Begins Drive To Improve Care for Children, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE,
The New York Times, October 1, 1997.

Children of Working Poor Are Day Care's Forgotten, By SARA RIMER, The New York Times,
November 25, 1997.

Consumerism and Consumer Debt
Japan Looks at Issuing Certificates to Spur Consumer Spending, By STEPHANIE STROM, The
New York Times, October 28, 1998.

"Two Cheers for Consumerism", By Robert Skidelsky

Giving Credit Where Debt is Due, by Timothy L. O'Brien, The New York Times, December 14, 1997.

Americans at Debt's Door, by Maria Fiorini Ramirez, The New York Times, October 14, 1997.

The Consumer Will Prevail, By W. Michael Cox, The New York Times, October 2, 1998.

Too Much Of A Good Thing, By Charles Clough, The New York Times, November 17, 1998.

Corporate Welfare

Tax Breaks Proliferating to Keep Corporations in New York City, by Charles V. Bagli,
The New York Times, Oct. 17, 1997.

Cato Institute Analysis of Corporate Welfare

Public Citizen Statement on Corporate Welfare

Who Gets Corporate Welfare? Put out by a feminist organization (I think).

Crime Policy

Crimes of the War on Crime; Behind Police Brutality: Public Assent, By FRANK BRUNI, The
New York Times, February 21, 1999.

Crime Drops in '97; Murders Are at 30-Year Low, AP, The New York Times, November 23, 1998.

Gun Control Advocates Purvey Deadly Myths, by John R. Lott Jr., The Wall Street Journal,
November 11, 1998.

Overboard on Gun Control, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, 10/24/96.

It's a Far Cry From New York: Germany's Crime Problem...,by Alan Cowell, NYTs
October 4, 1997

Crime Keeps Falling, but Prisons Keep Filling, by Fox Butterfield, NYTs
September 28, 1997

Economists Say Prison Boom Will Take Toll, by G. Pascal Zachery, The Wall Street Journal,
9/29/95, p. B1.

Gang Gunfire May Chase Chicago Children From Their School, By PAM BELLUCK,
The New York Times, November 17, 1997.

Europe Surpasses America--in Crime, By MORGAN O. REYNOLDS, The Wall Street Journal,
October 16, 1998.

Why Do So Many Young American Men Commit Crimes and What Might We Do About It?,
by Richard B. Freeman, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 10, Winter, 1996,
pages 25-42.

Help Wanted: Economists, Crime and Public Policy, by John J. DiIulio, Jr. Journal of
Economic Perspectives, Volume 10, Winter, 1996, pages 3-24.

Marxism and the Criminal Justice System, by J.H. Reiman and S. Headlee, in Crime and Delinquency, Vol.
27, January, 1981, pages 24-47.

Investing in Prisons or Prevention: The State Policy Maker's Dilemma, by P.W. Greenwood, Crime and
Deliquency, Volume 44, No. 1, January, 1998, pages 136-142.

Current State of the Economy

Double Talking on Wall Street, By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, The New York Times, November 22,
1998.

Wages Turn Hot for Workers, With Gain of 1.2%, By SYLVIA NASAR, The New York Times,
October 30, 1998.

ECONOMIC GROWTH SURPRISINGLY SOLID IN THIRD QUARTER,
By SYLVIA NASAR, The New York Times, October 31, 1998.

Breakdown of Free-Market Orthodoxy, by William Greider, The Washington Post, October 7, 1998.

Muscleman, or 98-Pound Weakling?, By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times, October 18, 1998.

In Only 4 Months, Greenspan Changes Economic Tune, By RICHARD W. STEVENSON,
The New York Times, October 8, 1998.

Oh, By the Way ..., By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times, October 10, 1998.

BUDGET ACCORD IS REACHED; BOTH SIDES CLAIM A VICTORY AS A
SHUTDOWN IS AVERTED, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, The New York Times, October 16, 1998.

Mixed Signals From the Fed; If the Water's Fine, Why Are Those Sharks Still Circling?,
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, The New York Times, October 16, 1998.

Unlearning the Lessons of Econ 101, By SYLVIA NASAR, The New York Times,
May 3, 1998.

Deregulation

U.S. Industry Adjustment to Economic Deregulation, by Elizabeth M. Bailey, Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Volume 12, Summer, 1998.

Deregulation and the Labor Market, by Robert N. Stavins, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Volume 12, Summer, 1998.

What Happens to the Land After Utility Deregulation?, By FRANCES CHAMBERLAIN, The New York
Times, April 25, 1999.

Disability Status and Work
Clinton Proposes Aid for Disabled Returning to Jobs, by Robert Pear, The New York Times,
November 30, 1998.

Environmental Policy

Energy Addicted in America, By ALLEN R. MYERSON, The New York Times, November 1, 1998.

POWER HUNGRY: A special report.; U.S. Splurging on Energy After Falling
Off Its Diet, By ALLEN R. MYERSON, The New York Times, October 22, 1998.

Take This Car and Plug It, By MATTHEW L. WALD, The New York Times, November 29, 1998.

Catching Up With S.U.V.'s, Editorial, The New York Times, November 17, 1998.

Reducing reliance on carbon for energy -- to safeguard our atmosphere and our climate --
could bring about not personal deprivation but a worldwide economic boom, by Ross Gelbspan,
The Atlantic Monthly, June, 1998.

Its Mood Dark as the Haze, Southeast Asia Aches, by Seth Mydans

OPEC Officials Seem Ready To Raise Production Limits , by the AP

LICENSE TO POLLUTE: A special report.;
Light Trucks Increase Profits But Foul Air More Than Cars, by Keith Bradsher

Trading on the Pollution Exchange; Global Warming Plan Would Make
Emissions a Commodity, by Peter Passal

Wasted Energy; Fuel Efficiency Falls, Just as More Is Needed, By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr.

The American Prospect, Articles on Environmental Policy

The Next Industrial Revolution, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart,
The Atlantic Monthly, pages 82-92, October, 1998.

Across Asia, a Pollution Disaster Hovers, by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF (part I)

Asian Pollution Is Widening Its Deadly Reach , by Nickolas D. Kristof (part II)

Federal Reserve Policy and Banking

Inside The Head Of the Fed; Alan Greenspan's Journey To the New World Economy,
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, The New York Times, November 15, 1998.

In Only 4 Months, Greenspan Changes Economic Tune, By RICHARD W. STEVENSON,
The New York Times, October 8, 1998.

When Bad Economic Theory Threatens Good Times, By Robert Eisner

The Fed Should Do More Than Cut Rates, Editorial, The New York Times, September 27, 1998.

As Placebo or Real Cure, Fed Rate Cut Seems Closer, by Michael M. Weinstein, The New York Times,
September 24, 1998.

Needed: A Fed for the World, by Jeffrey E. Garten, The New York Times, September 23, 1998.

JAPANESE TELL U.S. THAT THEIR BANKS ARE IN BIG TROUBLE, By DAVID E. SANGER,
The New York Times, October 5, 1998.

Mixed Signals From the Fed; If the Water's Fine, Why Are Those Sharks Still Circling?,
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, The New York Times, October 16, 1998.

Government Budget

Budget Backsliding, By Sam Nunn and Warren B. Rudman, The New York Times,
October 30, 1998.

Spending Bill, Laden With Pork, Is Signed Into Law, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, The New
York Times, October 21, 1998.

Three Decades of Government Red Ink, by By Mark Stencel, Washingtonpost.com Staff
Updated October 7, 1998

FISCAL YEAR ENDS WITH U.S. SURPLUS, FIRST IN 3 DECADES, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE,
The New York Times, October 1, 1998.

Uncle Sam's Red Ink; Debt Has Made Us Prosperous, by Richard Striner, The Washington Post,
April 20, 1997.

Red Ink No More; With Deficits Gone, Benefits of Surplus Are Debated, by RICHARD W. STEVENSON,
The New York Times, October 1, 1998.

Balance the Budget, Once and for All, By Paul Simon, The New York Times, January 30, 1997.

Why I Switched, By Joseph R. Biden Jr, The New York Times, February 25, 1995.

Budget Illogic, Editorial, The Washington Post, March 6, 1995.

Balance the Budget, Once and for All, by Paul Simon, The New York Times, January 30, 1997

Why Fear Debt?, by Robert Heilbroner, The New York Times, February 28, 1995

BUDGET ACCORD IS REACHED; BOTH SIDES CLAIM A VICTORY AS A
SHUTDOWN IS AVERTED, By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, The New York Times, October 16, 1998.

Health Care

For Good Health, It Helps To Be Rich and Important, By ERICA GOODE, The New York Times,
June 1, 1999.

Low-Wage Businesses Add to Number of Uninsured Workers, By PETER T. KILBORN,
WASHINGTON, May 2 .

Help for the Uninsured May Rest in Tax Code, By PETER T. KILBORN, WASHINGTON, March
11.

UNINSURED IN U.S. SPAN MANY GROUPS, By PETER T. KILBORN, WASHINGTON, Feb.
25 .

THE CAPITALIST; A Stake in Every Pot, By Matthew Miller, The New York Times, January 31, 1999.

Five Perspectives on the Business of Reshaping Medicare, By MILT
FREUDENHEIM and DAVID J. MORROW, The New York Times, February 21, 1999.

The Nation: In Denial; Managed Care's Other Problem: It's Not What You Think, By
MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN, The New York Times, February 28, 1999.

Rx for the Health Care System, The Wall Street Journal, October 8, 1998.

Study Finds Workers Under Stress To Have Higher Health-Care Costs, by Ron
Winslow, The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1998.

GOVERNMENT LAGS IN STEPS TO WIDEN HEALTH COVERAGE, by ROBERT PEAR,
The New York Times, August 9, 1998

Number Without Insurance Grows; 43.4 Million Americans Lack Coverage, Census Report Says,
Washington Post, September 27, 1998

U.S. Health Care Costs To Double, Report Says; Managed-Care Savings Have Peaked , by
Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post, September 15, 1998.

Health-Care Road Trip, By BOB HERBERT, The New York Times, August 31, 1998.

What About a Bill of Rights for the Uninsured?, By Brian J. LeClair, The New York Times,
July 28, 1998

Reality of the H.M.O. System Doesn't Live Up to the Dream, by By PETER T. KILBORN,
The New York Times, October 5, 1998.

Here's Looking At: Medical Politics, by Jeff Forster and James Gray, Medical Economics,
Volume 75, October 19, 1998.

Immigration Policy

Wages and Squalor for Immigrant Workers, By CHARLIE LeDUFF and DAVID M. HALBFINGER,
The New York Times, May 21, 1999.

At This Rate, We'll Be Global in Another Hundred Years, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, May 23, 1999.

Can We Still Afford to Be a Nation of Immigrants?, by David Kennedy, The Atlantic Monthly,
November, 1996.

The New Economics of Immigration: Affluent Americans gain; poor Americans lose, by George J. Borjas,
The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1996.

A Listing of Articles on U.S. Immigration Policy and Controversities in the Atlantic Monthly.

Bill to Bring Technology Workers to U.S. Dies, Reuters, October 10, 1998.

Making the Farm Worker's Life Even Harder, By Manuel Garcia y Griego and Andres E. Jimenez,
The New York Times, October 10, 1998.

Inflation

THE CRUSADE THAT'S KILLING PROSPERITY, by Lester Thurow,
The American Prospect no. 25 (March-April 1996): 54-59.

The Consumer Price Index--Why the Published Averages Don't Always Match An Individual's
Inflation Experience, The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If Deflation Hits, It's a Whole New Game, By REED ABELSON, The New York Times, November 22,
1998.

Two Cheers for Inflation, Given the Alternative, By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
October 12, 1997.

The Link Grows Cloudy Between Jobs and Prices, By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
January 2, 1997.

Just a Little Inflation, And Everybody's Happy, By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
September 7, 1996.

Fed Policy On Rates Seems Tough After All, By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER, The New York Times,
October 5, 1997

An Old School Inflation Fighter; Fed Official Resists Notion of a New Era in Economics, by
Richard W. Stevenson, The New York Times, September 18, 1997

International Trade and Unemployment

A Nike Raise in Indonesia, The New York Times, March 23, 1999

In China, 35+ and Female = Unemployable, By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, The York Times,
October 13, 1998.

The Voice of Economic Nationalism, a review of Patrick Buchanan's Latest Book, by Eyal Press,
The Atlantic Monthly, July, 1998.

Trading Away Good Jobs An Examination of Employment and Wages in the U.S., 1979-94,
by Robert E. Scott, Thea Lee, and John Schmitt, October 1997

French Premier Proposes Cutting Workweek to Create Jobs, by ROGER COHEN

THE MISDIAGNOSIS OF EUROSCLEROSIS, by Rebecca M Blank

An American Economy For Americans, by Patrick Buchanan, The Wall Street Journal,
9/5/95, p. A14.

Tariffs Protect Bad Economic Policy, by Craig Roberts, The Wall Street Journal, 9/5/95,
p. A.14.

The Wrong Enemy: Why We Shouldn't Fear Low-Wage Imports, by Jay Mandle, The
American Prospect.

Borderline Working Class; In Texas, Labor Is Feeling Trade Accord's Pinch, By ALLEN R. MYERSON,
The New York Times, May 8, 1997

Labor Market Rigidities: At the Root of Unemployment in Europe, by Horst Siebert, Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Volume 11, Summer, 1997.

Unemployment and Labor Market Rigidities: Europe Versus North America, by Stephen Nickell,
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 11, Summer, 1997.

Keynsianism

JAPAN ANNOUNCES $195 BILLION PLAN TO REVIVE ECONOMY, By SHERYL
WuDUNN, The New York Times, Nov. 16, 1998.

The Chinese way: spend out of trouble like Keynesians, by Peter Passell, The New York Times,
March 12, 1998.

The most important man you never heard of, by Scott Browne, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER,
July 17, 1998.

The New World Disorder: Can fifty-year-old policies save us from the coming crash? The New Yorker,
October 26 and November 2, 1998. Article on Keynes.

Manufacturing Employment

The Economy Grows. The Smokestacks Shrink., By LOUIS UCHITELLE, The New York Times,
November 29, 1998.

Mental Health/Illness

Studies of Mental Illness Show Links to Violence, By FOX BUTTERFIELD, The New York Times, May 15, 1998.

Minimum Wage

Economic Scene; Minimum wage bandwagon needs some skillful reining., By Michael M. Weinstein,
New York Times, May 13, 1999.

ROBERT POLLIN; LIVING WAGE GIVES A BOOST TO DEMAND; DO WE WANT HIGHER
MINIMUM WAGES OR MORE WORKING PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES TO SOUP KITCHENS?,
ROBERT POLLIN, The Los Angeles Times, April 1, 1999.

WAITING OUT PROSPERITY, Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 24, 1998.

Senate rejects $1 increase in federal minimum wage, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal,
September 23, 1998

Labor Government Announces First Minimum Wage in Britain, by SARAH LYALL,
The New York Times, June 19, 1998.

Nike needs to raise workers' minimum wage, not minimum age, by Bob Herbert,
The Star Tribune, May 26, 1998

Better Pay vs. Job Stability in Wage Debate, By LOUIS UCHITELLE,
The New York Times, March 20, 1998

After the Shouting; A Minimal-Impact Minimum Wage, By PETER T. KILBORN, The New
York Times, April 6, 1997

Neighborhoods and Poverty

From Boston to San Francisco the community-based housing movement is transforming
bad neighborhoods, by Alexander von Hoffman, The Atlantic Monthly, January, 1997.

Poverty and Income/Wealth Inequality

HOW THE PIE IS SLICED:America's Growing Concentration of Wealth, by Edward N. Wolff,
The American Prospect, no. 22 (Summer 1995): 58-64.

Share of Wealth Owned by the Top 1% of Families, 1945-1992, The American Prospect, 1995, Graph only.

The Next Liberalism, Book Review by Theda Scocpol of 'It Takes a Nation' by Rebecca Blank. The
Atlantic Monthly, April, 1997.

Japanese Are Torn Between Efficiency and Egalitarian Values, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF,
The New York Times, October 26, 1998.

Wages Turn Hot for Workers, With Gain of 1.2%, By SYLVIA NASAR, The New York Times,
October 30, 1998.

What the Poor Deserve , by MAX FRANKEL

The Inequality Express, by Barry Bluestone

The Hidden Side of the Clinton Economy, by John E. Schwarz, The Atlantic Monthly, pages 18-21,
October, 1998.

Like Oil and Water: A Tale of Two Economists, by Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times,
February 16, 1997.

"Gap in Wealth in U.S. Called Widest in the West", by Keith Bradsher, The New York Times, 4/17/95, p. A1

"Why Their World Might Crumble", by Lester Thurow, The New York Times, 11/19/95, p 78.

The Tide Is Not Lifting Everyone, Editorial, The New York Times, October 2, 1997

Lowest wages rising at faster rate, by Louis Uchitelle, The San Diego Union-Tribune,
July 14, 1997.

Consequences of Inequality and Poverty

When Money Is Everything, Except Hers, By DIRK JOHNSON, October 14, 1998. The New York Times.

Deadly Disparities; Americans' Widening Gap in Incomes May Be Narrowing Our
Lifespans, James Lardner

Measuring Poverty

Did We Lose the War on Poverty?, by Dale W. Jorgenson, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Volume 12, Winter, 1998.

Has Poverty Gotten Worse?, by Robert K. Triest, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 12,
Winter, 1997.

Income Inequality and Trade

Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?, by Richard B. Freeman, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 9,
Summer, 1995.

Income Inequality and Trade: How to Think, What to Conclude, by J. David Richardson, Journal of
Economic Perspectives, Volume 12, Winter, 1997.

How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers, by Adrian Wood, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 12,
Winter, 1997.

Race, Gender and Economic Policy

For Women in Medicine, a Road to Compromise, Not Perks, By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, The New York
Times, March 1, 1999.

Legacy ofthe 90's Boom: More Jobs for Black Men, By SYLVIA NASAR, The New York Times,
December 13, 1998.

Black and Hispanic Poverty Falls, Reducing Overall Rate for Nation, by Robert Pear, The New
York Times, September 25, 1998.

Face the Failure of Racial Preferences, by Newt Gingrich and Ward Connerly, The New York Times,
June 15, 1997.

Wage Gap Between the Sexes Is Narrowing, The New York Times, June 10, 1998

Racism Is Not the Issue, by Orlando Patterson, The New York Times, November 16, 1997.

Economy Lifts Incomes of Single Black Women Who Head Households, By STEVEN A. HOLMES,
The New York Times, August 18, 1998.

In China, 35+ and Female = Unemployable, By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, The York Times,
October 13, 1998.

The 'Nonworking Class', The New York Times, August 25, 1996.

A University of Chicago scholar says jobs are the key to a rebirth of; HOPE FOR
OUR CITIES, William Julius Wilson, Giovanna Breu, People Magazine, January 17, 1994.

Dissing the underclass., Reed, Adolph, Jr., The Progressive, December, 1996.

When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor; book reviews, Steinberg, Stephen,
Business and Society, 1996.

Dr. Wilson's Neighborhood, by David Remnick, The New Yorker, April 29 & May 6, 1996.

Evidence on Discrimination in Employment: Codes of Color, Codes of Gender, by William A. Darity, Jr.
and Patrick L. Mason, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 12, Spring, 1998.

Evidence on Discrimination in Consumer Markets, by John Yinger, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Volume 12, Spring, 1998.

Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending, by Helen F. Ladd, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Volume 12, Spring, 1998.

School Choice
Ready? Read!, By Nicholas Lemann, The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1998.

The Real Divide On Education, By Nina Shokraii Rees, The New York Times, October 8, 1998.

Clashing Over Education's One True Faith, by Jacques Steinberg, The New York Times,
December 14, 1997.

Comprehensive Study Finds Parents and Peers Are Most Crucial Influences on Students, by
Mary B.W. Tabor, The New York Times, August 7, 1996

Secret of School Success, by George F. Will, The Washington Post, September 15, 1996

Voucher issue divides blacks Public schools in the middle of fiery debate, by Tamara Henry,
October 1, 1997

Gang Gunfire May Chase Chicago Children From Their School, By PAM BELLUCK,
The New York Times, November 17, 1997.

Economists raise questions about educational priorities., By Michael M.
Weinstein, The New York Times, October 15, 1998.

Are Efficiency and Equity in School Finance Substitutes or Complements?, by Caroline Minter Hoxby,
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 10, Fall, 1996.

Measuring Investment in Education, by Eric A. Hanushek, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 10,
Fall, 1996.

School Resources and Student Outcomes: An Overview of the Literature and New Evidence from North
and South Carolina, by David Card and Alan B. Krueger, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 10,
Fall, 1996.

Stock Market

In Finance, Bitter Pills Are for Others to Take, by Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times,
September 27, 1998.

Fault Lines of Risk Appear As Market Hero Stumbles, by Diana B. Henriques, The New York
Times, September 27, 1998.

Social Security

On Social Security, The Good News Is Bad, By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, The New York Times,
April 4, 1999.

Squaring Off, at Last, On Social Security, By RICHARD W. STEVENSON, The New York Times,
November 29, 1998.

Different Approaches for Dealing with Social Security, by Edward M. Gramlich, Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Volume 10, Summer, 1996.

Proposals to Restructure Social Security, by Peter A. Diamond, Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Volume 10, Summer, 1996.

Tax Policy

Tax Man Is Stealing Our Savings, by Brian S. Wesbury, The Wall Street Journal, November 19, 1998.

Taxes will turn gold to dross, by WILLIAM WATSON, The Gazette (Montreal),
March 23, 1998.

Tax Cuts for Growth, Editorial, The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 1998.

Tax Policy, Editorials from the Washington Post.

Unemployment

Economics Of: Unemployment; Labor Pains, By Paul Krugman, New York Times Magazine, May 23, 1999.

Welfare and Welfare Reform

Project to Rescue Needy Stumbles Against the Persistence of Poverty, By JASON DePARLE,
The New York Times, May 14, 1999.

Evidence Is Scant That Workfare Leads to Full-Time Jobs, By ALAN FINDER, The New York Times,
April 12, 1998.

A Plunge in Use Of Food Stamps Causes Concern, By ANDREW C. REVKIN, The New York Times,
February 25, 1999.

LIFE AFTER WELFARE: The Grandmothers; As Welfare Rolls Shrink, Load on Relatives Grows, by Jason DeParle,
The New York Times, February 21, 1999.

Welfare's 'Job Centers' Bring High Hopes and Thin Results, By RACHEL L. SWARNS, The New York Times,
February 23, 1999.

The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done, by Peter Edelman, The Atlantic Monthly,
March, 1997.

The Welfare Information Network, A Clearinghouse for Information,
Policy Analysis and Technical Assistance on Welfare Reform

The New Welfare Law, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 13, 1996

Links to Welfare Reform Legislation

Newest Challenge for Welfare: Helping the Hard-Core Jobless, by Jason DeParle

WELFARE REFORM AS I KNEW IT, When Bad Things Happen to Good Policies,
by David T. Ellwood, The American Prospect no. 26 (May-June 1996): 22-29.

Was Welfare Reform Worthwhile?, by Frances Fox Piven, Response by David Ellwood

The Hidden Paradox of Welfare Reform: Why Single Mothers May Earn More but Do Worse, by
Christopher Jencks, The American Prospect, No. 32.

In Sink-or-Swim Welfare, Pensacola Staying Afloat, by Jason DeParle, The New York Times,
June 18, 1997.

Welfare Reform Creates New Hardship in Mississippi, by Jason Deparle, The New York Times,
October 16, 1997.

Welfare Hysteria, by Charles Murray, The New York Times, Nov. 14, 1995

Stand By for Caualties, by Mary Jo Bane, The New York Times, Nov. 10, 1996

Why Welfare Pays, by Michael Tanner and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal, 9/28/95.

Welfare Reform and Its Enemies, by Mickey Kaus, The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 1998.

War on Poverty: No Apologies, Please, By Susan Mayer and Christopher Jencks, The
New York Times, November 9, 1995.

Fair Pay for Workfare, by Mary Jo Bane, The New York Times, May 21, 1997.

HOW CONGRESS REFORMED THE WELFARE SYSTEM, By Robert Rector,
The Heritage Foundation.

L.A. GAIN is Los Angeles County's welfare-to-work program. This is
a description of their program.

Worker Layoffs
For Oil Workers, Merger Is Just Another Word for More Layoffs, By ALLEN
R. MYERSON, The New York Times, November 30, 1998.

Work Hours and Conditions

Part-Time Work for Some Adds Up to Full-Time Job, By REED ABELSON, The New York
Times, November 2, 1998.

Trends in Hours of Work Since the Mid-1970s, by Phillip L. Rones, Randy E. Ilg, and Jennifer M. Gardener, Monthly
Labor Review, April, 1997.

World in Depression

Yes, Investors Panicked. But Brazil Didn't., By LARRY ROHTER, The New York Times, May 23, 1999.

Who Sank, or Swam, in Choppy Currents of a World Cash Ocean, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF with EDWARD
WYATT, The New York Times, February 15, 1999

How U.S. Wooed Asia to Let Cash Flow In, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF with DAVID E. SANGER, The New York
Times, February 16, 1999.

World's Markets, None of Them an Island, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF with SHERYL WuDUNN, The New York
Times, February 17, 1999.

World Ills Are Obvious, the Cures Much Less So, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times, February 18,
1999.

World Incomes

Divergence, Big Time, by Lant Pritchett, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 11, Summer, 1997.

On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution, by Charles I. Jones, Journal of Economic
Perspectives, Volume 11, Summer, 1997.

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