The Global Industrial Working Class
Why industrial workers are better positioned than most observers think…just not in the US and many other Northern Hemisphere countries.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Is Trump Going to Punt on H-1B Visa Reform?
The lack of updates from the Trump Administration about H-1B reform suggests it will miss a key window of opportunity.
Read more...The Battle for Healthcare in the US
Some of the major consequences of the proposed Republican changes to healthcare, um, health insurance.
Read more...Will Amazon Destroy More US Jobs Than China?
Why Amazon will destroy a lot more jobs.
Read more...Uber President Resigns Unexpectedly, Citing Problems With “Beliefs and Approach to Management”
Yet more news of internal discord at Uber.
Read more...Links 3/18/17
Deepening EU Banking Crisis Meets Euro-TARP and Taxpayers
As the banking crisis in Europe intensifies, TARP-like ideas are on the table. How realistic are they?
Read more...The Role of Experts in Public Debate
How experts, as in economists, wrap themselves in a mantle of jargon and supposed superior insight to promote policies that screw workers.
Read more...Diversity and Public Goods: The More We Mix, the Better
Making diversity work is a challenge, but it can be done.
Read more...Race to the Bottom: Cities and States Spend >$45 Billion Per Year Competing for Jobs
The Wall Street Journal published an important story on how states and communities throw money at companies via tax incentives and other gimmies in a desperate effort to win or hold jobs. These subsidies are a big drain on government budgets: Economic-development tax incentives more than tripled over the past 25 years, offsetting about 30% […]
Read more...The Canadian Establishment and Prime Minister Trudeau Aim at Ousting Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland
Is Canada’s Foreign Minister Freeland, in a scandal over lying about her Nazi propagandist grandfather, being hung out to dry by the PM?
Read more...4 Charts on Wall Street’s Outsized Pay
Wall Street denizens whinge about embarrassingly rich pay packages.
Read more...Confirming Our Chicago Meetup Next Friday, March 24
I hope to see Chicago area readers next week at our meetup! Details here.
Read more...How Common Ownership is One Route to Social Transformation
Can changes in ownership rules tame the bad features of capitalism?
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