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Well, it looks like the chief executives of Wall Street firms are making better choices by withdrawing from the Saudi’s “Davos in the Desert” conference. Instead of bowing to the altar of money, they seem to be listening to the higher values of human rights and concern for mankind. The news and evidences coming out…
First we had Elizabeth Warren introducing the Accountable Capitalism Act and now Chuck Schumer is introducing a new bill to add a new KPI to track who benefits from the GDP, especially when it is increasing in a positive manner. When the GDP goes up, who really is benefiting from it? For at least a…
Well, it’s been 10 years since the economy swooned and nearly fell off the cliff. Recently, there has been a few news articles about that scary time and more importantly, some introspection about whether we have learned anything since that time. Some articles have noted that many financiers have come away from the Great Recession…
“As much as Warren’s proposal is about ending inequality, it’s also about saving capitalism.” “Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Save Capitalism”, Vox, Matthew Yglesias, April 15,2018 Well, well, well, well. Someone is going to try to broaden corporate America’s mandate from serving just shareholders to considering the good of the larger society. Elizabeth Warren…
Dan Price was the man who gave up his one million salary so his employees could have a living wage of at least $70K Now it’s 3 years later. How is Dan’s company doing?
I finally finished The Smartest Places on Earth by Antoine van Agtmal. My overall impression is that in areas that used to have a large manufacturing base, they are starting to revive by moving up the skills ladder: medical, biotechnology, materials science, technology, etc; hence the name smart cities. The revival is also heavily predicated…