Understanding the Rise in CEO Age
Just like government leaders, the CEO class is becoming more of a gerontocracy. What gives?
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Sanders Leads Launch of ‘Union Now’ Movement to Fight ‘Status Quo Economics’
Union Now event featuring Sanders, NYC Mayor Mamdani, and Association of Flight Attendants-CWA international president Sara Nelson hits right notes, but is thus far light on details.
Read more...DOGE: Nations Aren’t Corporations and ‘Efficiency’ Means Austerity
Why DOGE, if implemented on the scale intended, will be a train wreck for the great majority of Americans.
Read more...Warren Bill Would Stop Companies From Placing Shareholder Paydays Over Worker Rights
Warren revives a bill intended to put shareholder obligations in their proper place: at the bottom.
Read more...The Fight to Hold Executives and Boards Accountable Continues in Barclays and Bayer Appeals
An update on two cases, one against Barclays, the other Bayer executives and directors, which seek accountability in New York courts.
Read more...The Death of the Engineer CEO: Evidence that Short-Termism and Financialization Had Become Ascendant
A look at how some turning points in the history of Corporate America, such as CEO changes of guard, explain how America hollowed itself out.
Read more...“No One Has a Right to Limited Liability”
Limited liability has come to cover for not just incompetent but also criminal conduct. But what to do?
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: Is Intel Going Down the Boeing Path?
Why Intel’s prospects are even worse than its stock price plunge and worried press accounts suggest.
Read more...Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?
The Elon Musk $48 Billion stock-option package and its implications for the EV transition
Read more...Are Corporate Executives Expendable?
Analysts across the political spectrum challenge massive paychecks of corporate chiefs—and whether companies can survive without them.
Read more...As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending
A state court, citing “eye-popping” executive compensation, strikes down a hospital’s property tax break and strikes fear into the nonprofit hospital industry across the US.
Read more...United Pilots Picket for Better Contract After American, Southwest Counterparts Authorize Strikes
Will “the most pro-labor president in history” get to smash another looming strike?
Read more...Companies Are Paying Inflation Busting Dividends at Cost to the Rest of the Economy, Including Their Employees
How companies are paying dividends rather than investing in their business or paying employees better……and often borrow to do so.
Read more...How America Can Stop Violence Against Health Care Workers
Congess is rousing itself to make health care employers Do Something to protect staff from violence….but is the legislation adequate?
Read more...An Unexpected But Welcome Call to Cap CEO Pay Comes From France
Neo-liberal Emmanuel Macron endorsed capping CEO pay as part of the recent French presidential campaign. Is the concept of a maximum wage an idea whose time has come?
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