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In the late 1970s, a group of one-time liberals began describing themselves as neoliberals. ‘We criticize liberalism,” Charles Peters, editor of the neoliberal Washington Monthly, wrote in 1983, “not to destroy it but to renew it by freeing it from its myths, from its old automatic responses…” Neoliberals often join conservatives in lambasting public programs, […]

Many commentators are saying that “extremists on both sides” in the abortion debate need to compromise. But a close analysis of current proposals shows that even “moderate” restrictions impose real harm on many women.

Many Americans are convinced that there are no public solutions to national problems. Or if there are, that Congress could not enact them in rational form, and that we cannot afford the cost. Overcoming that pervasive skepticism demands a new era of

The history of social policy has a clear lesson. Programs that benefit all citizens do more to reduce poverty than programs targeted to the poor. So a new strategy for gamily security makes more sense than another War on Poverty.

Activists in the labor movement often find themselves at odds with the labor bureaucracy. Can business unionists learn to love labor organizers?

The conventional wisdom these days is that government intervention impedes development. Why, then, have Korea and Taiwan grown so fast?

As labor unions see their role diminish, others attempt to take their place as the employees’ representatives. Will it be lawyers, government regulators, or “human resource managers” in the executive suites? Or will the employees gain some direct rep