Eliminating Child Labor by Miriam Wasserman
Much of the developing world continues to rely on child labor. Can we learn from the U.S. experience about what is required for its elimination?

Making Money Keeps Getting Easier by Lee McIntyre
With the advent of cheap scanners and printers, making a counterfeit bill is now within the reach of anyone who can operate a computer.

Business to Business on the Internet by Jane Katz
If the Internet is going to transform the economy, it will be in the mundane world of B2B. But while the prospects for efficiencies are real, achieving them will not be accomplished at Net speed.

Observations
New England is more dependent on oil; the popularity among collectors of baseball “error” cards

Perspective by Robert K. Triest
As the region’s labor force and population growth slows, should creating jobs be the focus of economic development policy?

Issues in Finance by Ralph C. Kimball
Risk is a fact of life for business. But measuring and managing risk is not easy, and eliminating risk from the economic system is impossible

Letter from Essex, Vermont by Abigail Kenney