This new Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) blog piece by AIRnet researchers William Lazonick and Öner Tulum explores the complex issue of drug pricing, particularly the ongoing negotiations between Medicare and pharmaceutical companies. In this blog piece based on…
Author: Oner Tulum
Elon Musk and Tesla Shape America’s Future, but Problems Run Deeper than Tweets
In this insightful INET blog piece, Lynn Parramore interviews AIRnet President William Lazonick about Tesla’s role in shaping America’s future. Drawing on Lazonick and Matt Hopkins’ INET-funded working paper, “Tesla as a Global Competitor: Strategic Control in the EV Transition,”…
An Economist for Our Times: An Interview with William Lazonick
This in-depth interview with AIRnet President William Lazonick by Marie Carpenter and Mustafa Erdem Sakinç, published in the esteemed journal Revue de la régulation, explores his extensive contributions to the field of economics. From his early research on the British…
Lazonick: Stock Buy-Backs have Killed the Middle Class
AIRnet President William Lazonick joined Jane Miyasaki on the 8 O’Clock Buzz show on WORT FM to discuss the implications of Rule 10B-18 and its impact on stock buybacks. In the interview, Lazonick argued that stock buybacks allow executives to enrich…
Towards a New Baseline for Systems Thinking in Philanthropy
A recent blog post by Wally Patawaran, published in The Alef Field, a publication of the Alef Trust, explores the challenges and opportunities of systems thinking in philanthropy. The piece references the work of AIRnet researchers William Lazonick and Antonio…
Simona Iammarino
Simona Iammarino is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Cagliari, Italy; Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE); member of the Board…
Wall Street’s War on Workers
How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It By Les Leopold In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can…
Business Insider quotes and cites AIRnet research on Boeing’s stock buybacks.
Business Insider quotes and cites President of AIRnet Bill Lazonick’s INET-funded research on Boeing’s stock buybacks. The article is also cross-posted in MSN, Yahoo Finance, Business News, AOL, News Break, Star News, and Web Today.
Maryann P. Feldman
Maryann P. Feldman is the Watts Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University and research director at the Global Center for Technology Transfer. Professor Feldman chairs the…
Creating value or extracting it? An existential question.
In her blog “Thought Sparks“, Rita McGrath quotes and cites Lazonick’s book, Investing in Innovation: Confronting Predatory Value Extraction in the U.S. Corporation, and discuses “a board and governance level issue that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is whether firms…