Tightrope – Americans reaching for hope by Kristof and WuDunn – book review
Tightrope provides a well-written description of the American crisis through personal stories and hard data. Unfortunately it falls flat in its call for action.
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How the Rich and Big Corporations Feed Off Us During the Pandemic
The rich and corporations win even during a global pandemic.
The Coming End of Branding and Logos….. the shutdown
Perhaps the ceaseless clamoring for our attention by marketers is reaching its final stage of saturation in which our brains simply shut down and go on attention strike.
Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”
Essay explores the grim reality of life in one small corner of America within the broader landscape of the bottom 90%.
Real Estate Development – a local story –
In an area with dozens of empty store fronts and several hundred thousand sq ft of empty space, a new strip mall is approved for construction. A rational market??
Nobel Prize Winners Critique Markets – Duflo and Bannerjee
Nobel Prize winners Duflo and Bannerjee take on idealized views of markets. They target the role of financial incentives, markets as self-correcting, efficient and ethically sound.
Market Concentration – Walmart and Groceries
The Visual Capitalist added another graphic example of the increasing concentration, monopolization, of markets, in this case for groceries. Even here in Hudson NY we can see the impact of Walmart locally. Two years ago […]
Recently Noted – Robert Reich on breaking up Big Tech – a limited view
Robert Reich is continuing his series of brief YouTube videos on progressive view of the economy. This is a good introduction to the arguments for re-invigorating our protections against monopolies. However, the problem is much […]
Enron, Trust and Malfeasance
January 23, 2002 (revised 1/29/02) The collapse of energy giant Enron over the last six months has produced a surprising level of outrage especially for a cynic like me. As this drama continues to unfold, […]