cover of issue

March/April 2005

Issue 258

features

  • Rich and Poor in the Global Economy

    Bob Sutcliffe

    Measuring world inequality

  • The Land Trust Solution

    MICHELLE SHEEHAN

    Conservation land trusts protect farmland from developers.

  • Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate

    DANIEL FIRESIDE

    One city's radical 20-year experiment in affordable housing

  • Environmentalism in a Post-Capitalist Society

    Interview with Robin Hahnel

  • BOOK EXCERPT: Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation

    ROBIN HAHNEL

    What progressives must do to transform the economic system

the regulars

  • the short run
  • letters
  • active culture Earn-a-Bike in Africa
  • comment Payola pundits
  • follow-up The true Social Security "dependency ratio"
  • up against the wall street journal Debunking the "Index of Economic Freedom"
  • in review Weapons of Mass Deception
  • economy in numbers Bush budget starves domestic programs