Gig Worker Employment Fights Like Those in California Pit Flexibility Against a Livable Wage – But ‘Platform Cooperatives’ Could Ensure Workers Get Both
A proposal to improve gig worker bargaining power and solidarity.
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Savvy Patient Fought for the Price She Was Quoted − And Didn’t Give Up
Another case of patient-gouging that got cleaned up only when the press called.
Read more...Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 5 – The Battle to Protect Airline Investors From Economic Reality Enters a New Phase
Why the big airline operators’ talk about turning the corner in early 2021 is bunk.
Read more...Limited Liability: Profit Without Responsibility
Over time, limited liability entities have helped facilitate “Heads I win, tails you lose” conduct.
Read more...Goldman Gets Off Easy in 1MDB Scandal Despite Further $2.9 Billion in Payments, Criminal Charge Against Malaysian Sub
Despite the big numbers, Goldman gets the kid glove treatment relative to the severity of its 1MBD misconduct.
Read more...CalPERS: Poster Child of Private Equity Cargo Cultism
CalPERS’ zealous defense of private equity looks pathological. So we hazard a diagnosis.
Read more...Latest Election Stunt Proves Uber and Lyft Are Their Own Worst Political Enemies
Quelle surprise! Uber and Lyft are acting in bad faith in their struggles to get out of being classified as employers.
Read more...Milton Friedman Versus Stakeholder Capitalism
Looking at the damage Milton Friedman did by advocating corporate irresponsibility, which more and more orthodox economists have questioned.
Read more...Why Has Mayoral Candidate Scott Stringer Invested New York City Pensions in Private Equity Firms Like Blackstone?
The New York City pension system provides more proof that investing in private equity hurts performance.
Read more...What Did Billionaire Leon Black of Apollo Get for >$50 Million in Fees to Jeffrey Epstein?
The more we learn about Leon Black’s relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the less there is to like.
Read more...Latest Nobel Prize in Chemistry Demonstrates How the US Patent Office Screws Inventors
A high profile example of the train wreck called the US patent process.
Read more...As of September 29, 2020, 5 Federal Courts Have Ruled Against the Postal Service
The Postal Service is getting whacked for service degradation that critics believe has a lot to do with upcoming voting by mail.
Read more...How Corruption is Becoming America’s Operating System
A new book by Sarah Chayes shows the US descent into a level of corruption usually associated with places like Nigeria and Afghanistan
Read more...WATCH: Katie Porter, Squad Members Eviscerate Big Pharma CEOs Over ‘Exorbitant’ Drug Prices
ngresscritters go after drug price gouging. But what will it take to make it stop?
Read more...How Bankers Hide Losses
Like master illusionists, bank accountants conceal losses from federal regulators, putting the whole economy at risk
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