Month: May 2007

The United States Since 1980 (Cambridge University Press, 2007) is a superb short work from Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In a couple hundred pages, Baker covers enormous territory, reviewing the rightward shift in U.S. politics, the sharpening of inequality (and underlying causes), U.S. unilateralism in global affairs, and much…

Well, at least he’s not a war criminal. George Bush’s new selection to head the World Bank, Robert Zoellick has that over his predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz. But can’t the world demand a slightly higher standard? The selection process for chief of the World Bank, which claims to be the world’s preeminent anti-poverty institution, is preposterous.…

Marketers can’t seem to stop thinking about the spectacular marketing opportunity afforded by schools. It’s easy to imagine the conversation in the business meeting room: Kids are bored in school — we can grab their attention with ads! Compulsory schooling creates a captive audience for us — if we can just get in the door!…