…article by William Drake and Kalypso Nicolaidis shows how corporate lobbyists “got-r-done”: The very act of defining services transactions as ‘trade’ established normative presumptions that ‘free’ trade was the yardstick…

…Object and Effects of Trades Union, an anonymously published version of a report from a Royal Commission from 1833 by E. C. Tufnell, described the motives of the trade unions…

…trade unionism are almost contradictory terms. The trial and error method of testing rules, the ever changing conditions of the trade, the large number of men concerned in the agreement,…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…are often reluctant to voice public criticism for fear of retaliation, but through their trade associations they describe systematic breakdowns in service that prevent them from growing. In September, Jeffrey…

…it saves, it will need to borrow, and the counterpart to that borrowing is a trade deficit. America’s burgeoning trade deficit is a result of Bush’s unprecedented mismanagement. Tax cuts…

…policy champion, a financier, and a key partner”: Neoliberalism. Via the New World Dictionary: — n a modern politico-economic theory favouring free trade, privatization, minimal government intervention in business, reduced…

…service and are getting all our great services for free. But, of course, those services are not free at all, and the divergence between individuals’ stated preference and behavior is…

…which would give them some semblance of equality of bargaining power with the concentrated power of megalithic multinational corporations, or the “globalization” policies that lead to free trade agreements that…

Labor as a Common Pool Resource The everyday experience of working people, economic policies of governments, bargaining priorities of trade unions, and theoretical models of economists refute the idealistic maxim…