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December 1995 / January 1996

International Labor Standards: Protectionism or Simple Decency?

Debate on labor standards with Alice Amsden and Richard Rothstein. Also: Joseph Brodsky’s “Letter to Horace,” Richard Flacks on radical democracy, Ned Block on The Bell Curve, Alan Stone on Persuasion, reviews of Salmun Rushdie and Deborah Digges, and more.

Hype or Help?
Alice H. Amsden

The Case for Labor Standards
Richard Rothstein

Letter to Horace
Joseph Brodsky

The Safety of Sunday
Tom Sleigh

No Runs, No Hots, No One Left on Base
Mary Ann Jannazo

Poet’s Sampler
Bob Hass introduces Cal Bedient

Reflections on Strategy in a Dark Time
Richard Flacks

Race, Genes, and IQ
Ned Block

Night Bloom
Patricia Traxler

Persuasion?
Alan A. Stone


Fiction Reviews

The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
Paul Gediman

Griefwork by James Hamilton-Paterson
James Hynes


Poetry Reviews

Cortege by Carl Phillips
Ellen Davis

In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems by Josephine Jacobsen
Joe Osterhaus

Rough Music by Deborah Digges
David Gewanter

In Time: Women’s Poetry from Prison edited by Rosanna Warren and Teresa Iverson
Catherine A. Salmons

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