By Lynn Stuart Parramore “Eddie Lampert, the legendary hedge fund manager, was once hailed as the “Steve Jobs of the investment world” and the second coming of Warren Buffett. These days, he claims the number 2 spot on Forbes’ list of America’s worst CEOs.”……
AIR IMPACT
Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
Industrial policy reconsidered in a digital world
By Kenji E. Kushida and John Zysman “In our current era, the advent of digital technologies and accelerating globalization is driving ever-faster commoditization of firms and products. With rapidly improving Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools, manufacturing is decomposed with…
Financial Institutions for Innovation and Development (FIID)
On June 27-28, Bill Lazonick is running a conference on Financial Institutions for Innovation and Development at the Brazilian Development Bank in Rio de Janeiro: The FIID project studies the types of financial institutions – in terms of their governance, organization, and…
Global Broadband Benchmarking 2013: Best Practice Lessons for Governments
Is there a “one size fits all” set of international best practices for broadband policy? No, argues Martyn Roetter, because local circumstances are far too diverse. However, he says that there are many useful lessons to be drawn from experiences…
The Entrepreneurial State : Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
Announcing the release of a new book, “The Entrepreneurial State – Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths”, by theAIRnet researcher Mariana Mazzucato. This book debunks the myth of a dynamic private sector vs. a sluggish public sector by providing a detailed…
The U.S. Lacks Good Jobs, Not Good Ideas
By Lynn Parramore “A Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency brought together leading policymakers, thinkers, and activists to discuss how we can get the U.S. to full employment and create more good jobs, but that was only the beginning of…
The U.S. lacks good jobs, not good ideas
By Jeffrey Madrick “Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency brought together leading policymakers, thinkers, and activists to discuss how we can get the U.S. to full employment and create more good jobs, but that was only the beginning of the…
Citizens without obligations
By Mike Alberti “If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, what corresponding obligations to the nation do these corporations have?”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
Bill Lazonick gave a talk on “The Explosion of Executive Pay and the Erosion of American Prosperity”
On June 04 2013 , Bill Lazonick gave a talk on “The Explosion of Executive Pay and the Erosion of American Prosperity” at the Conference on a Bold Approach to the Jobs Emergency, sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute, in Washington DC. Click…
6 reasons your Apple product has become very uncool
By Lynn Stuart Parramore “It’s hard to identify the moment when a company once beloved by trendsetters becomes uncool. Sometimes the firm gets too big for its britches and starts pissing off its customers.”… [Click HERE to read the full…