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February 1983 Issue
February 1983 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Washington: Less Red Ink
    Milton Friedman
  • Marginal Memoirs
    James Atlas
  • A Useful Mirror
    Lester C. Thurow
  • The Klamath Knot
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Robert Lowell
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Freud and Man's Soul
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
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A Useful Mirror

By Lester C. Thurow
February 1983 Issue
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