Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
Vanishing the people’s wealth to make the bosses richer
By Ralph Nader "Imagine you are a shareholder in a big company and the top executives are sitting on huge ...
Velveeta and the one percent
By Marc Johnson "The steady demise of the middle class in America offers many story lines. Velveeta, that awesomely yellowy ...
Verizon proves exactly what is wrong with our economy
By Liz Iacobucci "Who benefits when executives decide to spend corporate funds on stock buybacks? In my last post: In February, Verizon ...
Video Friday: The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value with Bill Lazonick
By James McRitchie "The Institute for New Economic Thinking has a mission to nurture a global community of next-generation economic leaders, ...
Village of Brokaw lends its name to hedge fund bill
By Nora G. Hertel "The village of Brokaw could become the namesake of a federal policy seeking to curb the ...
VP Biden cites Lazonick in critique of stock buybacks,
By Institute Staff "In an important Wall Street Journal op ed criticizing corporate America’s failure to invest profits in long-term growth, ...
Wall Street’s rent seeking vampires kill innovation
By L. Randall Wray "Here’s the conclusion, which is very much in line with my post from Monday: “the U.S ...
Walmart’s $20 billion buyback may be bid to forestall potential activists
By Cathaleen Chen "Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s $20 billion stock buyback program could be a bid to quiet dissent among a group of increasingly ...
Want a healthy middle class? Bring back the long-term career
By Lynn Stuart Parramore "It’s time to start thinking about revitalizing the long-term career if we don’t want its partner, ...
Want to destroy the power of workers while sending more money to the rich?
By Ian Reifowitz "There’s no real difference between Democrats on Republicans on economic issues.” That’s a phrase you might have ...
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