Cross-posted from AlterNet.org on December 31, 2012 and Huffingtonpost.com on January 2, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/a9mbr5v and http://tinyurl.com/bf7ugqa Americans are understandably upset about profits without prosperity. Corporate executives seem to be the big winners, while the middle class is declining and young people face … Continue reading
Category Archives: William Lazonick
Big Payouts To Shareholders Are Holding Back Prosperity
Cross-posted from Guardian.co.uk on August 27, 2012 http://tiny.cc/eaw0lw Labour’s economic policies should focus on getting UK business to invest in the future, alongside households and government. What the UK economy needs is an approach to economic policy that focuses on … Continue reading
3 Corporate Myths that Threaten the Wealth of the Nation
Co-authored by William Lazonick, Ken Jacobson and Lynn Parramore Cross-posted from AlterNet on April 5, 2012 http://tiny.cc/0tehdw It’s time to restore corporate power to the people by blasting through the myths about how corporations should be run, and for whom. … Continue reading
How High CEO Pay Hurts the 99 Percent
Cross-posted from AlterNet on April 2, 2012 http://tiny.cc/dlfhdw Corporations are not working for the 99 percent. But this wasn’t always the case. In a special five-part series, William Lazonick, professor at UMass, president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, and a … Continue reading
How American Corporations Transformed from Producers to Predators
Cross-posted from AlterNet on April 1, 2012 http://tiny.cc/0rfhdw Over the last 30 years, corporations have turned on the 99 percent. Here’s how it happened and how to fight back. Corporations are not working for the 99 percent. But this wasn’t … Continue reading
