James Fallows | The New York Review of Books

The ‘Daily Me’

April 25, 2002 issue

He’s Got Mail

republic.com

by Cass Sunstein

Is the Internet Good for Democracy?

the Boston Review

March 14, 2002 issue

Internet Illusions

Vote.com

by Dick Morris

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times

revised edition by Robert W. McChesney

Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology

by Darin Barney

You Say You Want a Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics

by Reed E. Hundt

November 16, 2000 issue

Billion-Dollar Babies

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

by Michael Lewis

High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars

by Charles H. Ferguson

December 16, 1999 issue

Hurry Up Please It’s Time

Investigating the Impact of the Year 2000 Problem

by 105th Congress Special Committee on the Y2K Technology Problem

The Simple Living Journal's Y2K Preparation Guide: 110 Ways to Create a Sustainable Life
Crisis or Not

by Janet Luhrs and Cris Evatt

Y2K: The Millennium Bug

by Tiggre Don L.

Y2K: The Millennium Crisis

by Bradford Morgan

Get Rich with Y2K: How to Cash in on the Financial Crisis in the Year 2000

by Porter Steven L.

Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer CrisisMeans to You!

by Yourdon Edward and Yourdon Jennifer

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September 23, 1999 issue

It Was Aircraft

March 4, 1999 issue

Fear of Flying

Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight

by William Langewiesche

Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying

by Wolfgang Langewiesche

Nall Report: Accident Trends and Factors for 1996

by 1997 Air Safety Foundation, Airline Owners and Pilots Association

January 14, 1999 issue

Letter

James Fallows

It Was Aircraft

March 4, 1999 issue

‘The Trouble with Computers’

May 23, 1996 issue

Caught in the Web

The Road Ahead

by Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson

Microserfs

by Douglas Coupland

Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway

by Clifford Stoll

The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity

by Thomas K. Landauer

I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier

by Fred Moody

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story

by Jerry Kaplan

Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People

by Michael A. Cusumano and Richard W. Selby

Road Warriors: Dreams and Nightmares Along the Information Highway

by Daniel Burstein and David Kline

Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry
and Made Himself the Richest Man in America

by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews

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February 15, 1996 issue

Letter

Thomas K. Landauer

‘The Trouble with Computers’

May 23, 1996 issue

The Republican Promise

Contract With America

On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency

by Elizabeth Drew

Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics

by Kevin Phillips

The Politics of the High-Wage Path: The Challenge Facing Democrats

by Ruy A. Teixeira

January 12, 1995 issue

The Computer Wars

Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America

by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews

Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children

by David Sheff

Computer Wars: How the West Can Win in a Post-IBM World

by Charles H. Ferguson and Charles R. Morris

Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM

by Paul Carroll

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March 24, 1994 issue

What Can Save the Economy?

Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

by Lester Thurow

State of the Union Address and 'Highlights of the President's Growth Agenda'

by George Bush

A Call to Economic Arms: Forging a New American Mandate

by Paul E. Tsongas

A Plan for America's Future

by Bill Clinton

April 23, 1992 issue

The Romance with Mexico

The New North American Order: A Win-Win Strategy for US-Mexico Trade

by Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr. and Robert B. Cohen, with Peter A. Morici and Alan Tonelson

The Low-Wage Challenge to Global Growth: The Labor Cost-Productivity Imbalance in Newly Industrialized Countries

by Walter Russell Mead

US Jobs and the Mexico Trade Proposal

by Jeff Faux and William Spriggs

Fast Track, Fast Shuffle: The Economic Consequences of the Administration's Proposed Trade Agreement with Mexico

by Jeff Faux and Richard Rothstein

The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global Economy after the Cold War

by Robert Kuttner

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November 7, 1991 issue

‘Japan Vs. the West’

October 10, 1991 issue

Is Japan the Enemy?

The Coming War with Japan

by George Friedman and Meredith LeBard

Japan Versus the West: Image and Reality

by Endymion Wilkinson

The Rise of Modern Japan

by W.G. Beasley

Japan's Administrative Elite

by B.C. Koh

Japan's Expanding Role and Influence in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for US Interests and Policy

by Richard P. Cronin

Deepening Economic Linkages in the Pacific Basin Region: Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology

by Masaharu Hanazaki

White Paper on International Trade, 1990

by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo

Arming Our Allies: Cooperation and Competition in Defense Technology

by the US Office of Technology Assessment

Thoughts on US-Japan Security and Economic Linkages in East Asia

by Michael W. Chinworth

Kokusanka: FSX and Japan's Search for Autonomous Defense Production

by Michael J. Green

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May 30, 1991 issue

Letter

Endymion Wilkinson

‘Japan Vs. the West’

October 10, 1991 issue

‘Agents of Influence’: An Exchange

May 16, 1991 issue

‘The Japanese Power Game’: An Exchange

January 17, 1991 issue

The Great Japanese Misunderstanding

Agents of Influence: How Japan's Lobbyists in the United States Manipulate America's Political and Economic System

by Pat Choate

The Japanese Power Game: What It Means for America

by William J. Holstein

November 8, 1990 issue

Exchange

C. Fred Bergsten

‘The Japanese Power Game’: An Exchange

January 17, 1991 issue

Letter

Alan Geller

It’s Reagan’s Fault

January 31, 1991 issue

The Middle Class

April 12, 1990 issue

Wake Up, America!

Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology

by George Gilder

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class

by Barbara Ehrenreich

The End of the American Century

by Steven Schlossstein

March 1, 1990 issue

Letter

Barbara Ehrenreich

The Middle Class

April 12, 1990 issue