4 Ways to Eradicate the Corporate Disease That is Worsening the Covid-19 Pandemic
March 23, 2020
"It’s time for business executives, employees, and taxpayers to come...
The Economist Who Put Stock Buybacks in Washington’s Crosshairs
June 20, 2019
In 1984, an economics professor named William Lazonick joined the...
Predatory Value Extraction
May 31, 2019
In this book William Lazonick and Jang-Sup Shin explain how...
How High Drug Prices Inflate C.E.O.s’ Pay
February 26, 2019
Drug company executives faced tough questions from Congress on Tuesday as they...
2014 HBR McKinsey Award, First Place : “Profits Without Prosperity”
May 1, 2014
The HBR McKinsey Awards, judged by an independent panel of...
The KPFA Evening News (interview with Wi...
Interview of the president of TheAIRNet, William Lazonick, in KPFA evening news [Click HERE to listen the interview] via KPFA ...
Read More
Read More
Trump Cracks Down on Visas. Indian Firms...
"When President Trump suspended a raft of Visa programs in June, including temporary permits for highly technical foreign workers known as H-1B ...
Read More
Read More
August 15, 2020 I the Star I by Bruce Livesey
As the pandemic continues, the rich are ...
"If the COVID-19 pandemic has produced winners and losers, then young Canadian billionaire Tobias Lütke is definitely a winner. Since ...
Read More
Read More
August 12, 2020 I NPQ I by Steve Dubb
A Most Dangerous Intersection: Revisitin...
“In June, David Leonhardt in the New York Times noted that “the black-white wage gap is roughly as large today as it ...
Read More
Read More
via Social Europe I by Emre Gömec & Mustafa Erdem Sakinc I July 7, 2020
‘Shareholder value’ versus the public go...
"With uncertainty around the world about how and when the coronavirus outbreak will decelerate, whole business sectors have been affected ...
Read More
Read More
May 18, 2020 I PRovoke I by Paul Holmes
Covid-19: Closing Down Was Easy; Re-Open...
“Ensuring the health and safety of our people and our communities is our highest priority as the United States quickly ...
Read More
Read More
AIR BOOKS
@theairnet
Stock buybacks have totaled $5.3 trillion over the past decade — has that contributed to U.S. pandemic failures? https://t.co/9CYLWuCXEA
@INETeconomics: Listen to INET grantee William Lazonick on @wortradio discussing his research, "How the Disappearance of Unionized Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class https://t.co/6P4chntEqK
@efypodcasts: In episode 2, Professor William @Lazonick from the University of Massachusetts explores share buybacks as a potential cause for wage stagnation and inequality in the US. Included in the discussion is some recommended reading. Give it a listen! https://t.co/IsqJ0acvsX https://t.co/T8kFygZVIv
@OSFellows: There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers via @INETeconomics; featuring fellow @Lazonick https://t.co/GHaoC50ob5