How William Lazonick persuaded pols and pundits that the shareholder value theory was bad for business and society.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Rebel Economist Breaks Through to Washington on How Shareholder Value Theory Rewards the Undeserving
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Temporariy semi-open thread.
Plastic Watch: G20 Issues Pathetic Declaration
G20 issues Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, a voluntary plastic management plan so inadequate the plastic industry endorsed it immediately.
Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
Climate disasters in India are fueled by its resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption policies, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty.
How Media Workers are Organizing in the Dual Economy
With journalism moving from a stable to a precarious profession, digital media workers have gotten serious about organizing.
Escape(d) from New York
We are now officially out of New York.
Design Genius Jony Ive Leaves Apple, Leaving Behind Crapified Products That Cannot Be Repaired
The departure of Jony Ive gives Apple the chance to reboot its design philosophy to embrace reliability and repairability.
Taxcast: The Corporate Tax Haven Index, Solving the World’s Broken Tax System
This taxcast examines the Tax Justice Network’s new Corporate Tax Haven Index for what’s wrong with the taxation system and how to fix it.
How a Central Asian Business Empire Dines Out on British Secrecy
Using the UK’s lax corporate transparency and accountability regime, international businesses can, in effect, mask interests and ownership at home.
Are Cryptocurrencies the First Crack in the Wall to Regulate Facebook?
Like Icarus, the social media monopoly is flying too close to the sun and generating much regulatory heat, which could eventually lead to its downfall.
A Look at the Poor People’s Campaign: Theology and Ideology
“The poor you will always have with you.” Really?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Temporarily open thread.
