Introducing “Treasury Notes”
Treasury Notes, a new JSTOR Daily column, will discuss money in its historical context.
America: A Welfare Nation
We think of welfare as social security for the economically vulnerable. Maybe it's time we rightfully enlarge what we mean by the term.
Consumerism: An Economic Critique
Consumerism, a hallmark of American life, may not be as beneficial as we all think.
Divestment: the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers’ Movement
Polaroid employees spearheaded an anti-apartheid divestment campaign against their own employer over their company's business in South Africa in the 1970s.
Greece in Crisis: Foucault and The Nuance of Power
Without a more nuanced understanding of the power dynamics at play, economic coercion will fail to bring Greece back into the European fold.
The Divisive Euro
In 1997, an economist looked at divided opinions about the Euro years before the currency was introduced.
Corporate Power, National Sovereignty, and the New “Free Trade” Deals
3 papers in the American Society of International Law's Proceedings of the Annual Meeting in the early 2000s explain international free trade topics