James Fallows
James Fallows is National Correspondent for The Atlantic and author, most recently, of Free Flight. (March 2002)
From the Review
April 25, 2002: The 'Daily Me' (letter)
March 14, 2002: He's Got Mail
republic.com by Cass Sunstein
Is the Internet Good for Democracy? the Boston Review
November 16, 2000: Internet Illusions
Vote.com by Dick Morris
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times revised edition by Robert W. McChesney
Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology by Darin Barney
You Say You Want a Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics by Reed E. Hundt
December 16, 1999: Billion-Dollar Babies
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis
High Stakes, No Prisoners: A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars by Charles H. Ferguson
September 23, 1999: Hurry Up Please It's Time
Investigating the Impact of the Year 2000 Problem by 105th Congress Special Committee on the Y2K Technology Problem
The Simple Living Journal's Y2K Preparation Guide: 110 Ways to Create a Sustainable Life—Crisis or Not by Janet Luhrs, by Cris Evatt
Y2K: The Millennium Bug by Tiggre Don L.
Y2K: The Millennium Crisis by Bradford Morgan
Get Rich with Y2K: How to Cash in on the Financial Crisis in the Year 2000 by Porter Steven L.
Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer CrisisMeans to You! by Yourdon Edward, by Yourdon Jennifer
March 4, 1999: It Was Aircraft (letter)
January 14, 1999: Fear of Flying
Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight by William Langewiesche
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Nall Report: Accident Trends and Factors for 1996 by 1997 Air Safety Foundation, Airline Owners and Pilots Association
May 23, 1996: 'The Trouble with Computers' (letter)
February 15, 1996: Caught in the Web
The Road Ahead by Bill Gates, with Nathan Myhrvold, by Peter Rinearson
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway by Clifford Stoll
The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity by Thomas K. Landauer
I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier by Fred Moody
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story by Jerry Kaplan
Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People by Michael A. Cusumano, by Richard W. Selby
Road Warriors: Dreams and Nightmares Along the Information Highway by Daniel Burstein, by David Kline
Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry—and Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes, by Paul Andrews
January 12, 1995: The Republican Promise
Contract With America
On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency by Drew Elizabeth
Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics by Kevin Phillips
The Politics of the High-Wage Path: The Challenge Facing Democrats by Ruy A. Teixeira
March 24, 1994: The Computer Wars
Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America by Stephen Manes, by Paul Andrews
Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing by Randall E. Stross
Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children by David Sheff
Computer Wars: How the West Can Win in a Post-IBM World by Charles H. Ferguson, by Charles R. Morris
Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM by Paul Carroll
April 23, 1992: What Can Save the Economy?
Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America by Lester Thurow
State of the Union Address and 'Highlights of the President's Growth Agenda' by George Bush
A Call to Economic Arms: Forging a New American Mandate by Paul E. Tsongas
A Plan for America's Future by Bill Clinton
November 7, 1991: The Romance with Mexico
The New North American Order: A Win-Win Strategy for US-Mexico Trade by Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr., by Robert B. Cohen, with Peter A. Morici, by Alan Tonelson
The Low-Wage Challenge to Global Growth: The Labor Cost-Productivity Imbalance in Newly Industrialized Countries by Walter Russell Mead
US Jobs and the Mexico Trade Proposal by Jeff Faux, by William Spriggs
Fast Track, Fast Shuffle: The Economic Consequences of the Administration's Proposed Trade Agreement with Mexico by Jeff Faux, by Richard Rothstein
The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global Economy after the Cold War by Robert Kuttner
October 10, 1991: 'Japan Vs. the West' (letter)
May 30, 1991: Is Japan the Enemy?
The Coming War with Japan by George Friedman, by Meredith LeBard
Japan Versus the West: Image and Reality by Endymion Wilkinson
The Rise of Modern Japan by W.G. Beasley
Japan's Administrative Elite by B.C. Koh
Japan's Expanding Role and Influence in the Asia-Pacific Region: Implications for US Interests and Policy by Richard P. Cronin
Deepening Economic Linkages in the Pacific Basin Region: Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology by Masaharu Hanazaki
White Paper on International Trade, 1990 by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo
Arming Our Allies: Cooperation and Competition in Defense Technology by the US Office of Technology Assessment
Thoughts on US-Japan Security and Economic Linkages in East Asia by Michael W. Chinworth
Kokusanka: FSX and Japan's Search for Autonomous Defense Production by Michael J. Green
May 16, 1991: 'Agents of Influence': An Exchange
January 17, 1991: 'The Japanese Power Game': An Exchange
November 8, 1990: The Great Japanese Misunderstanding
Agents of Influence: How Japan's Lobbyists in the United States Manipulate America's Political and Economic System by Pat Choate
The Japanese Power Game: What It Means for America by William J. Holstein
April 12, 1990: The Middle Class (letter)
March 1, 1990: Wake Up, America!
Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology by George Gilder
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class by Barbara Ehrenreich
The End of the American Century by Steven Schlossstein
July 20, 1989: The Real Japan
The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation by Karel van Wolferen
Trading Places: How We Allowed Japan to Take the Lead by Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr.
October 27, 1988: Rich Kids
Old Money: The Mythology of America's Upper Class by Nelson Aldrich
July 21, 1988: Rx from RN
1999: Victory Without War by Richard Nixon
December 18, 1986: The Americans in Space
The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall
Report to the President by the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
The Aerospace Plane: Technological Feasibility and Policy Implications Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report No.15 by Stephen W. Korthals-Altes
September 25, 1986: Washington's New Celebrities: An Exchange
June 12, 1986: The New Celebrities of Washington
December 20, 1984: An Exchange on Automation
September 27, 1984: A Parable of Automation
Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation by David F. Noble
Computerized Manufacturing Automation: Employment, Education, and the Workplace US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment
Human Resource Implications of Robotics by H. Allan Hunt, by Timothy L. Hunt
April 12, 1984: The Reagan Variety Show
The Supply-Side Revolution: An Insider's Account of Policymaking in Washington by Paul Craig Roberts
Presidential Economics: The Making of Economic Policy from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond by Herbert Stein
The Barbaric Counter-Revolution: Cause and Cure by W. W. Rostow
October 27, 1983: Reagan: The Fruits of Success
The Reagan Presidency: An Early Assessment edited by Fred I. Greenstein
Gambling with History: Ronald Reagan in the White House by Laurence I. Barrett
Reagan's Ruling Class: Portraits of the President's Top One Hundred Officials by Ronald Brownstein, by Nina Easton
December 16, 1982: For Old Times' Sake
Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President by Jimmy Carter
Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency by Hamilton Jordan
June 24, 1982: Practical Sense
The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs by George W. Ball
April 1, 1982: The Rise of Hyman Rickover
Rickover by Norman Polmar, by Thomas B. Allen
December 17, 1981: The Trap of Rearmament
The Baroque Arsenal by Mary Kaldor
Soviet Military Power by the US Department of Defense
The East-West Strategic Balance by T.B. Millar
May 28, 1981: The Great Defense Deception
The Defense Industry by Jacques S. Gansler
Defense Facts of Life by Franklin C. Spinney
Report of the Defense Science Board 1980 Summer Study Panel on Industrial Responsiveness Engineering, Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Politics and Force Levels: The Strategic Missile Program of the Kennedy Administration by Desmond Ball
Doubletalk: The Story of Salt I by Gerard Smith
Books by James Fallows
Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel (2001)
Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy (1997)
Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System (1994)
More Like Us: Making America Great Again (1989)
National Defense (1981)
The Water Lords; Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on Industry and Environmental Crisis in Savannah, Georgia (1971)