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March 1987 Issue
March 1987 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 Importance of Play
    Bruno Bettelheim
  • Word Watch
    Anne H. Soukhanov
  • The March Almanac
  • Notes: The Ids of March
    Timothy Foote
  • East Asia: Gradgrind's Heirs
    James Fallows
  • Washington: The Zap Gap
    Chuck De Caro

Development: The Lessons of Bhopal

The lure of foreign capital is stronger than environmental worries

By Fergus M. Bordewich
March 1987 Issue
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