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...definitely animated by a warmhearted belief in human goodness. But it is, ultimately, a work of Utopian thinking, occasionally shading into utter fantasy. Multitude treats the global populace as if we were all one big, happy, left-wing underground, undivided by cultural differences, eagerly awaiting our chance to sock it to global capitalism. The authors' examples of multitude-style international activism--the World Trade Organization riots in Seattle in 1999 or the G-8 protests in Genoa in 2001--have a wan, quixotic air to them. "Eventually, perhaps, the seismic vibrations of each protest will resonate with the others," Hardt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Multitude Strikes Back | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...healthy collectibles market, if Smarty Jones is the victor, your winning ticket may be worth more if you never cash it in. Here's why: a $2 bet on Smarty Jones probably won't pay off more than $1.50. But if you put the stub in your sock drawer, experts say it's probable you'll be able to sell it as a collector's item for hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in 10 or so years. Think that sounds crazy? Last week's winning eBay bid for an uncashed $2 Smarty Jones ticket from the Kentucky Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: How to Bet Smarty | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...health-care costs, more companies are turning to consumer-directed health plans, which transfer control--and much of the responsibility for paying--to workers. Features include cost sharing with employees, high deductibles, reimbursement accounts, preventive medicine and health savings accounts, which, like individual retirement accounts, allow workers to sock away money tax free. --By Barbara Kiviat

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Self-Help Health | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...year ($16,000 if you're 50 or older). For small-business owners and their employees, limits on SIMPLE plans also rise by $1,000 to $9,000 ($10,500 for those 50 or older). If you are self-employed and set up a Solo 401(k), you can sock away $41,000, or 25% of compensation up to $41,000 if you have a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan. If you're covered by a retirement plan at work, you can still get a deduction for contributions to a traditional IRA if you make less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Uncle Sam's Slice | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...actress Helena Bonham Carter, his girlfriend and the mother of their new son, lovingly renovated into a single cozy home. It is the kind of place Hansel and Gretel would run to. Inside, a coal fire hisses softly, and Burton, in clothes of muted color, but color nonetheless, sock-slides his way across the wood floor and into his study, where he flops with charming gracelessness onto a red velvet couch. He is as brooding as a Muppet. "People really know me know that I'm not dark at all," he says. "I mean, at all. Like, yeah, I like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Big Fish In His Own Pond | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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