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The chicken show The chicken show
The greatest dot-com loser story ever told: A refugee from the bubble seeks a job in Atlanta, and is humiliated. Repeatedly.
By Andrew Grant Feb 12, 2003
Bring back the new economy! Bring back the new economy!
Neither Bush nor the Democrats have grasped how to get the country moving again: Spurring innovation back to boom-time heights.
By Suneel Ratan Nov 18, 2002
How I destroyed the new economy How I destroyed the new economy
Dot-com visionary David Wetherell could do no wrong -- until he started building a mansion on an ancient Indian burial ground.
By John F.X. Sundman Oct 23, 2002
"The Long Boom" is back! "The Long Boom" is back!
Recession? What recession? A coauthor of 1999's infamously optimistic screed says the future is still bright.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 30, 2002
Dumb, dumber and theglobe.com
A memoir by whiz kid turned dot-com refugee Stephan Paternot is as silly as the company he founded.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Aug 22, 2001
Dept. of "Oops" Dept. of "Oops"
After four years, heeere's "Wild at Start," a documentary celebrating visionary new-economy entrepreneurs!
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 25, 2001
IM what IM IM what IM
As our sagging Internet company invented euphemisms for failure, Alice and I took refuge in instant messaging. She had a boyfriend but we couldn't stop.
By Nathaniel Missildine Jun 29, 2001
Where have all the lap dancers gone? Where have all the lap dancers gone?
Sex workers are surviving the dot-com bust, but they too mourn the days of easy venture capital and IPO-inspired lust.
By Laurel Rosen May 8, 2001
That's "Mistress Freelancer" to you That's "Mistress Freelancer" to you
When the market for her articles dried up, this tech hack became a dominatrix.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 13, 2001
We're all temps now We're all temps now
The economic downturn is making life harder for independent contractors. But is having a staff job really any more secure?
By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 11, 2001
Who needs the new economy?
Bush's bias toward industrial dinosaurs is strangling America's high-tech-driven growth.
By Herman M. Schwartz and Aida A. Hozic Mar 16, 2001
Do you kick Yahoo?
The rush to bury the Web leader prematurely is the latest sign of a manic-depressive marketplace.
By Scott Rosenberg Mar 10, 2001
The age of overwork The age of overwork
The author of "White-Collar Sweatshop" says that toiling in the new economy is no way to live.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 1, 2001
I can't get laid off
When your company's a sinking ship, that pink slip starts looking more like a ticket to the good life.
By Lori Cox Feb 26, 2001
The new slackers The new slackers
What goes around comes around -- laid-off dot-commers are discovering anew the joys of apathy.
By Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski Feb 26, 2001
The scared-stiff workaholic The scared-stiff workaholic
Robert Reich's "The Future of Success" says we're too insecure to stop working.
By Noam Scheiber Feb 12, 2001
How the ax falls How the ax falls
Layoffs are never easy, but doing it the dot-com way is just plain dumb.
By Salon Technology & Business staff Jan 25, 2001
Life on the verge of a dot-com breakdown Life on the verge of a dot-com breakdown
We've got our résumés ready, savings in the bank and our fingers crossed.
By Amanda Nielsen Jan 25, 2001
The day I killed my dot-com The day I killed my dot-com
The dismal reality of layoffs can be just as hard on the person who wields the ax as it is on the employees who are fired.
By Jennifer Jeffrey Dec 12, 2000
The art of innovation The art of innovation
What Silicon Valley is trying to do now, Cézanne and Picasso achieved decades ago.
By Colin Stewart Nov 28, 2000
Capitalism is dead. Long live capitalism! Capitalism is dead. Long live capitalism!
In his new book, Dinesh D'Souza argues that dot-com prosperity is just another beneficiary of the Reagan legacy.
By J. Bonasia Nov 20, 2000
San Francisco to dot-com developers: No more
Voters pass anti-growth measure Proposition L by a slim margin.
By Andrew Leonard Nov 8, 2000
Enter the "yettie" Enter the "yettie"
The "young entrepreneurial technocrat" has arrived: Finally, Mouse Jockeys and Nerds Made Good have an acronym of their own.
By Janelle Brown Nov 7, 2000
Is the Internet a bad, bad boy? Is the Internet a bad, bad boy?
San Francisco's anti-growth Proposition L is an unnecessarily harsh referendum on the merits of the new economy.
By Damien Cave Nov 6, 2000
Clamping down on high-tech growth is good for high-tech Clamping down on high-tech growth is good for high-tech
San Francisco's anti-development Prop L will squeeze tech firms into a battle for survival. And nothing could be better for them.
By Wagner James Au Nov 6, 2000
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