"In These Times magazine has charted a staggering rise in inequality and the fall of the American middle class. Here, in a selection from four decades of articles by investigative reporters and progressive thinkers, is the story of our age. It is a tale of shockingly successful corporate...

Shareholder and stakeholder capitalism -- The government: billions of people are governed more by companies than by countries -- The workers -- Taxes and the wormhole in the global economy -- Foreign policy: does every company need its own state department, pentagon, and CIA? -- The geography of...