By Ronald Brownstein “The biggest threat to Democrats in the 2018 election may be the risk of repeating their biggest mistake in the 2016 election. That mistake was Hillary Clinton’s decision to focus almost all of her effort on convincing…
AIR IMPACT
Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
House Democrats demand fair drug pricing for taxpayer-funded coronavirus vaccine or treatment
By Rep. Jan Schakowsky “Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, led 45 of her colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald J. Trump to…
House Democrats Demand Fair Drug Pricing For Taxpayer-Funded Coronavirus Vaccine or Treatment
“We are concerned that your Administration has already indicated its willingness to invest heavily in public-private partnerships without any conditions in place to guarantee affordable drug pricing and access. On February 4, 2020, the HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…
William Lazonick interviewed on “Kokusai Hodo”
By NHK [Click HERE to watch the interview] (in Japan)
Russell Reynolds identifies corporate governance trends for boards in 2020
By Cydney Posner “Consultant Russell Reynolds Associates opens this report on 2020 corporate governance trends by observing that, “[f]or the first time, in 2020, we see the focus on the ‘E’ and the ‘S’ of environment, social and governance (ESG) as the…
At Boeing, stock buybacks are blurring the reality
By Anthony Bondain “Boeing had probably the worst year in its history in 2019. At least in its recent history. And it’s probably not over yet. The company has managed the B737 MAX crisis in a catastrophic way. And obviously,…
Party like its 1929
By Steven Orr “It seems every day we see the market making new highs. The president continues to tout job numbers. Back on the campaign trail, he said we would be sick of winning.”… [Click HERE to read the full article]
Cut costs the hard way: Put people before short-term profit
By Peter Georgescu “Wall Street has warm feelings for Lowes at the moment. It’s no wonder: shareholder primacy dominates its corporate culture now as its new CEO, Marvin Ellison, has chosen to lower expenses by firing thousands of workers and…
Is the Most Unproductive Firm the Foundation of the Most Efficient Economy? Penrosian Learning Confronts the Neoclassical Fallacy
By Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) “Edith Penrose’s 1959 book The Theory of the Growth of the Firm [TGF] provides intellectual foundations for a theory of innovative enterprise, which is essential to any attempt to explain productivity growth, employment opportunity, and income…
How will companies and CEOs meet the challenges of corporate social responsibility
By Cydney Posner “This PubCo post discussing the Business Roundtable’s adoption of a new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation concluded by observing (rhetorically) that the question teed up by the new BRT Statement was what all of the signatories would actually do…
