Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
30 Ways to Be an Economist
President of theAIRnet, William Lazonick, has been interviewed as part of the series "0 Ways to Be an Economist". The ...
4 ‘buyback’ stocks worth buying
By Ryan Derousseau "In their pitch for tax reform, President Trump and congressional Republicans have made promises that evoke Oprah ...
via INET I by Lynn Parramore I December 29, 2020
4 Burning Questions on the Global Vaccine Rollout
Warnings of “corruption and incompetence coming together,” as economists William Lazonick and Öner Tulum study the race to end the ...
5 Steps to Address Corporate America’s Short-Termism Problem
By Brendan Duke, Andrew Schwartz, and Andy Green "Companies are increasingly passing up profitable investments because of financial market pressures ...
5 things to know about how corporations block access to everything from miracle drugs to scientific research
By Lynn Stuart Parramore "Should a company be able to patent a breast cancer gene? What about a species of ...
5000 workers descend on McDonald’s shareholder meeting
By Jack Temple "Marching behind a giant banner that read, “McDonald’s: $15 and Union Rights, Not Food Stamps,” 5,000 cooks ...
6 reasons why Trump is too weak to save American jobs
By Les Leopold "Donald J. Trump believes he can bully and bribe companies into keeping jobs in America. Shortly after ...
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 ...
A buyback or biotech bubble?
By Leo Kolivakis "Steven Davidoff Solomon, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote a comment for the ...
A closer look at Goldman Sachs’ stance on share buybacks
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens "Maybe we’re thinking about today’s stock market all wrong. As the largest corporations in ...