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February 1985 Issue
February 1985 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.
  • The Life of the Party
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Schubert
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Illustrator in America 1880-1980
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Jerusalem Inn
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Louise Bogan: A Portrait
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • White Noise
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Analysis: Trump’s newest indictment may be far more serious than his first.

The Poverty of Economics

A report on a discipline riven with epistemological doubt on the one hand and rigid formalism on the other

By Robert Kuttner
February 1985 Issue
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