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Sunday Perspective: Did feminism make women miserable? 

FEMINISM MADE women miserable. This, anyway, seems to be the most popular take-away from "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness," a recent...

Pessimism has its place 

By BARBARA EHRENREICH

GREED - AND ITS crafty sibling, speculation - are the designated culprits for the financial crisis. But...

The truckers' revolt 

Then, on April 1, in a wave of defiance, truck drivers began taking the strongest form of action they can take--inaction. Faced with $4/gallon...

All shopped out 

, for example, warns of an economic pandemic if Americans cut back any further, since we are responsible for $9 trillion a year in spending,...

Fixated on growth 

advises, The key ... for America is to keep its economy growing as fast as possible without triggering inflation. But hellooo, weve had brisk...

Want stimulus? Help the poor, jobless 

By BARBARA EHRENREICH

Second of two parts

THIS IS WHAT a stimulus package needs to address: the persistent and growing...

The boom was a bust for ordinary people 

By BARBARA EHRENREICH

First of two parts

IT BEGINS TO SOUND a bit naughty - all this talk about the need to "stimulate"...

Not cleared for takeoff 

The lucky JetBlue passengers were the ones whose flights were canceled in February. They were fortunate enough to remain stranded in well-heated...

A $210 million tip 

I'm not upset by the $210 million golden parachute Robert Nardelli received as a send-off from Home Depot. Not at all. To those critics who see it...

Pathologies of hope.(NOTEBOOK) 

I hate hope. It was hammered into me constantly a few years ago when I was being treated for breast cancer: Think positively! Don't lose hope!...