Bezos, worth just shy of $200 billion, has realized that union-busting is of critical importance, and is suing to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board. Huzzah.
Bezos, worth just shy of $200 billion, has realized that union-busting is of critical importance, and is suing to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board. Huzzah.
We need to ask ourselves, once again, how it’s possible that working class people don’t support Biden overwhelmingly. Yes, they are frustrated that their wages have stagnated. And yes, frustration leads to anger, and anger is what gets demagogues elected. …
Most commenters on this meme here report that “it’s already in full swing.” One might think that the appeal of this conspiracy theory would be limited to the completely uneducated, but that’s not true; an old college friend liked this …
Denmark has a number of advantages over the rest of the world, one of which is that they actually care about environmental responsibility, and thus they refuse to allow moneyed interests to pollute their country for profit. Their bountiful renewable …
Here’s something that many of us wonder about: how it’s possible for Biden-haters to say that the economy is a disaster. The highest GDP growth in the G7, low unemployment, record stock market returns, inflation in control, all look pretty …
As could have been predicted, the dumbing down of America has provided opportunities for “business consultants” whose true value-add to their clients is tiny, if it exists at all. Here’s a guy whose only guiding principle is advising his clients …
As a subscriber, you probably noticed that I haven’t published this newsletter in quite a while (though the frequency of blog posts on the website hasn’t diminished; we have a total of 15,700+, growing daily). Perhaps an explanation is in …
In the 21st Century, the stakes associated with collective bargaining aren’t as high as they were 100 years ago, when we were talking about matters of life and death. That said, it’s good to see union ranks swelling in response …
There is no doubt that corporate price gouging is a problem insofar that it’s driving inflation. In this case I would point out that Walmart has competitors, e.g., Costco. a company that has a policy of basing prices on costs. …
This from senior energy analyst Robert Rapier on the graph below: GDP is one of the most important economic indicators. This measures the monetary value of all the stuff a country makes in a year. It is also used to …