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February 2005 (v16, no2)


Cover design by Aaron Morales Features Almost Heaven? Barbara T. Dreyfuss The pharmaceutical lobby is taking its ﬁght to the states. But in West Virginia, they fought back. Hired Education Jennifer Washburn A hidden culprit in the drug scandals: the increasingly corporatized university. Unusual Suspects Tara McKelvey What happened to the women held at Abu Ghraib? The government isn't talking. But some of the women are. Special Report A Battle Progressives Can Win Roger Hickey Bush's privatization splinters Republicans and unites Democrats. A Bloody Mess Norma Cohen How has Britain's privatization scheme worked out? Well, today, they're looking enviably upon Social Security. Another Mistaken Racial Stereotype William E. Spriggs Contrary to the right's claims, Social Security is a good deal for blacks. Are Voters Paying Attention? John Marttila Progressives surely have the tools to defeat the privatization campaign. What's needed is the right strategy. Bipartisanship Remembered Dorian Friedman Social Security was in crisis 22 years ago. Saving it took both parties. Bush's Bridge Too Far Robert Kuttner The Republicans may have wall-to-wall control, but the politics of privatization favors the Democrats. Bush's Numbers Racket Dean Baker Why Social Security privatization is a phony solution to a phony problem. Our Best Anti-Poverty Program Henry J. Aaron Private accounts cannot match Social Security's guaranteed beneﬁts. Privatization and the English Language Geoffrey Nunberg President Bush's notion of “ownership” in Social Security really means asking workers to accept risk, volatility, and uncertainty. Social Security and the New Fiscal Policy Alan S. Blinder Bush would put the costs of Social Security privatization on the national tab, just like his tax cuts, wars, and Medicare drug beneﬁt. We're All in This Together Richard C. Leone and Libby Perl With privatization, young people would be hurt twice -- ﬁrst when they pay the bill and then when their beneﬁts are reduced. We've Already Tried Private Accounts! Alicia H. Munnell The 401(k) experience shows that individual account holders often make unwise decisions and are at the mercy of ﬁnancial markets. Why We Need Social Security Paul Starr It has radically reduced poverty in old age. And it protects the middle class against inﬂation and the ups and downs of the market.	Columns It's Medicare, Stupid Robert B. Reich Only one of our giant entitlement programs is in trouble -- and it isn't Social Security. State Corporate-Tax Follies Robert S. McIntyre Everybody knows the federal corporate income tax is a mess. But the state in the states is even worse. You Better Think! Michael Tomasky A few things for Democrats to consider: their lives, their politics, their economics. Culture & Books The Coming Bush Bust Robert Kuttner There may be a coherent alternative to our failing economic policies, but nobody's put it together -- yet. The Mind as Passion Scott McLemee Her job, Susan Sontag wrote, was to defend a higher “standard of mental life.” Maddeningly, but above all bravely, that's what she did. Departments A Worldly Economist Robert Kuttner An ode to Robert L. Heilbroner, who died on January 4. Devil in the Details The American Prospect Staff Pay and play with DeLay; so little time, so much to bomb; Alabama versus Tennessee (Williams); and more. Dossier: Loose Nukes The American Prospect Staff Can Russia be left to its own devices? Dispatches Breach of Faith Sarah Wildman Muslims and Christian conservatives are both deeply religious. But since last November, that's the only thing they have in common. Is Moore Less? Mark Leon Goldberg Republicans say ﬁlmmaker Michael Moore is the gift that keeps on giving. Should the Democrats give him the Sister Souljah treatment? Man-Made Disasters Joshua Kurlantzick The tragic tsunamis exposed the propagandistic ways of Asia's authoritarian regimes -- habits the Bush administration has ignored. New Labor? Harold Meyerson The recent, extraordinary challenges to AFL-CIO President John Sweeney could have the house of labor rearranging its furniture soon.

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