One of those Matadors of the Culture Industry When Theodor Adorno referred to “one of those matadors of the culture industry,” in his “Free Time” radio lecture, he was presumably referring…

…the shift of responsibility for product, packaging, use, and delivery from industry to consumers. Has recycling failed? No, it has been successful beyond the convenience-industrial complex’s wildest dreams, Carbon Upfront,…

…New York. He has been in the human resources industry for more than 30 years. Dean had an article published this week. There’s no math so he hopes you still…

…hit their largest-ever profits this January, while premiums for policyholders soared.  Regardless, noted Doroshow and her collaborators, industry leaders “publicly spin the notion that the industry is financially beleaguered and cannot…

I worked in automotive the last decade (when employed) or so dealing with plastic components in cars. All types of plastic resins, the tooling involved, capacity of the tooling, and…

…Today’s release includes estimates of GDP by industry, or value added—a measure of an industry’s contribution to GDP. Private goods-producing industries increased 1.5 percent, private services-producing industries increased 3.6 percent,…

…infrastructure, particularly transportation projects, is also under discussion. But it would be easier for a package composed purely of tax cuts to “avoid the stain of a ‘bailout’ or ‘stimulus’…

…in their workforces? The construction industry had the highest percentage of immigrant workers in 2023: an estimated 3.3 million, or 28.6% of all the people employed by that industry. The…

…American Prospect. Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill over into broader financial markets. The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance, The American Prospect, Robert…

…on the road in Brazil? Because the Brazilian government realized you can’t get from 1970s fuel shortages to where they are now without someone forcing both auto makers and fuel…