Articles and Essays by Mark Engler

Archive for 2008

end_of_america

The End of the “End of America”

By Mark Engler
Published on December 15, 2008.

Essay for a symposium on “What’s Happening to America?”

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Spreading the Wealth

By Mark Engler
Published in the December 15, 2008 issue of The Nation.

A review of Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance And Why We Should Take It Back

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chang_sachs

Contagious Defections

By Mark Engler
Published on December 15, 2008.

How far will mainstream economics go in breaking with the increasingly discredited Washington Consensus?

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Meraba Kebijakan Luar Negeri Pemerintahan Barack Obama

Coen Husain Pontoh
Published on December 4, 2008.

A commentary on How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (in Indonesian).

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war_dividends

The War Dividend

By Mark Engler
Published in the December 2008 issue of In These Times.

Will the Pentagon lock the Obama administration into ever-escalating military budgets?

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FPIF

Obama’s Top Three Foreign Policy Priorities

FPIF Senior Analysts
Published on November 7, 2008.

A Foreign Policy In Focus roundtable.

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Obama's Mandate

Obama’s Economic Mandate

By Mark Engler
Published on November 5, 2008.

Mark Engler on BBC World News.

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Obama6

The Day After: Amid Celebrations, A New Fight Begins

By Mark Engler
Published on November 5, 2008.

Reflections on the election of Barack Obama

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Bailing Out the Financiers

By Mark Engler
Published on October 1, 2008.

An interview on the “Old Mole Variety Hour” on Portland’s KBOO radio discussing the financial meltdown. (16 minutes)

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The Impact of the “Battle In Seattle”

By Mark Engler
Published on September 29, 2008.

The 1999 protests against the WTO were dramatic enough to inspire a new feature film, but did they actually make a difference?

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