By Jang-Sup Shin “The revolt of “angry Americans” is now accepted broadly as a major cause of the unexpected victory of Mr Donald Trump in the United States presidential election. So what was it that made Americans so angry?”… [Click…
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Comments on economic issues and developments published by AIR researchers and affiliates
In search of the great American job
By Bob Abeshouse “Jobs – or jobs and the economy – is at the top of every poll that asks Americans what their top issue is in their voting decision for president and their priority for the federal government.”… [Click…
Three things to know to hold Wells Fargo accountable
By Lynn Parramore “Just about everyone wants to hold Wells Fargo accountable for a scheme in which sales quotas drove employees to set up phony credit card and bank accounts without customer knowledge. A Donald Trump advisor declared the behavior…
Three Things to Know to Hold Wells Fargo Accountable
By Lynn Parramore “Just about everyone wants to hold Wells Fargo accountable for a scheme in which sales quotas drove employees to set up phony credit card and bank accounts without customer knowledge. A Donald Trump advisor declared the behavior “stupid” and…
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 States, has a page called Executive Paywatch that is meant to demonstrate just how much corporate executives’ pay dwarfs the compensation of…
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 compelling multinational companies to pay the taxes that they owe in the countries in which they do business. The Commission…
How MBA Programs Drive Inequality
By Lynn Parramore “Over the last several decades, American business executives have made decisions that have exacerbated the inequality that chokes prosperity for the country. They have misallocated resources and they have awarded themselves mind-boggling compensation packages while workers have…
What we learn about inequality from Carl Icahn’s $2 billion Apple “no brainer”
By William Lazonick, Matt Hopkins and Ken Jacobson “In August 2013, Carl Icahn, among the most prominent “activist shareholders” in the United States, announced that he had purchased 27,125,441 shares of the publicly traded stock of Apple Inc.* By the…
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 policy conversations are showing renewed interest in the question of whether the fiscal austerity policies shaped by orthodox economics are…
theAIRnet shows UN panel buybacks’ damage to innovation in pharma
Drug companies’ perennial claim that high prices are key to funding innovation is exposed as a smokescreen for disproportionate payouts to shareholders and executives in “Life Sciences? How ‘Maximizing Shareholder Value’ Increases Drug Prices, Restricts Access, and Stifles Innovation,” the…
