The Sham Recovery

The Sham Recovery
Are we finally in a recovery? Who’s “we,” kemosabe? Big global companies, Wall Street, and high-income Americans who hold their savings in financial instruments are clearly doing better. As to the rest of us – small businesses along Main Streets,…


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Linkage: Iran, Settlements, Health Care & Israel?
Late yesterday afternoon, I participated in an hour long Alhurra discussion program with three other Middle East specialists: Edmund Ghareeb of American University, Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now, and David Schenker who directs the Program on Arab Politics…


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The Internet: The new common medium
This speech was delivered at Columbia University, on March 11th, 2010….


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