Comments on economic issues and developments published by AIR researchers and affiliates
Corporate Executives Are Making Way More Money Than Anybody Reports
By William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins "On its website, the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the United ...
Could fiscal policy changes revive US economic growth? Some contributions towards answering that question
By Institute Staff "As analysts across the industrialized world contemplate the political consequences of anemic long-term growth patterns, media and ...
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Denmark is helping those who can’t work due to coronavirus – why isn’t the UK?
"At just after 5pm on Monday, my phone rang. I missed the call – I was in one of Copenhagen’s ...
Did Boeing prioritize profits over safety? (Interview with William Lazonick)
By Warren Olney "Since March some 387 Boeing 737 Max jets have been grounded by regulators and airlines with no ...
European Ruling Highlights Apple’s Corrupted Business Model
By William Lazonick "The European Commission’s decision to serve Apple with a 13 billion euro tax bill represents a step forward in ...
From Financialisation to Innovation in UK Big Pharma
AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline by Öner Tulum, Antonio Andreoni and William Lazonick The tension between innovation and financialisation is central to ...
Have stock buybacks gone too far?
By William Lazonick and segment guest (Jeremy Siegel) "Fueled by the lower corporate tax rate, share buybacks among S&P 500 ...
How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation
By William Lazonick "Conventional wisdom holds that the primary function of the stock market is to raise cash that companies ...
How big pharma created the opioid epidemic
By Lynn Parramore "Over a 40-year career, Philadelphia attorney Daniel Berger has obtained millions in settlements for investors and consumers ...
How economists turned corporations into predators
By Lynn Parramore "In a new INET paper featured in the Financial Times, economist William Lazonick lays out a theory about how ...
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