Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
via NPQ I by Steve Dubb I August 12, 2020
A Most Dangerous Intersection: Revisiting Race and Class in 2020
“In June, David Leonhardt in the New York Times noted that “the black-white wage gap is roughly as large today as it ...
A prize masking a dilemma: the problem with stock buybacks
By Arthur S. Guarino "Stock buybacks are gaining in popularity among publicly-owned corporations and many of their shareholders. However, the ...
A roadmap for reshaping capitalism
By Steve Denning "In July 1–2, 2019, in Adam Smith’s home in Edinburgh Scotland, an international group of multidisciplinary thinkers ...
A seminar on innovation economics, deconstructing shareholder value & equitable growth, w/William Lazonick Professor UMass Lowell
By Mike Baliman "This week a bumper-packed Tour d’Horizon/Tour de Force. William Lazonick is best known for his iconic “2014 Harvard ...
A waitress I knew made $2.13 an hour. I wish she lived to get a fair shake in this economy
By Cory Booker "In late July, on a quiet, tree-lined block in the central ward of Newark, dozens of people ...
Academics endorse new vision for corporate governance
By City University of London "The Modern Corporation Project at Cass Business School has released five succinct statements prepared and endorsed by ...
After passing stress tests, Wall Street banks to spend like a drunken sailor – on their own stock buybacks
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens "Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced the second leg of its 2017 stress tests for the nation’s ...
All buy myself…the thinking behind stock buybacks
By Sabri Ben-Achour "Back in 2007, CEO William McComb’s company suddenly found itself with more than $100 million in cash ...
America has the highly combustible economy it deserves
By Marshall Auerback "It’s part of the American experience to find yourself in an elevator, in an airplane terminal, or ...
via The Washington Post I by Douglas MacMillan, Peter Whoriskey & Jonathan O’Connell I December 16, 2020
America’s biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic and putting thousands of people out of work
"...Companies often buy their own stock during difficult economic periods to signal to the market that management still believes in ...
