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A comment on Chait on Bain

…providing “general executive and management services,” according to SEC filings.” How do you reconcile these facts publicly reported in a not so obscure newspaper withh your claim that ” “Bain…

Op ed politics

…the executive branch are a disappointment even to most of his own supporters. If they were running against anyone else, they’d probably both go down in defeat, but considering who…

United Citizens and Wisconsin

…the former Milwaukee County Executive has found himself in trouble for questionable activities. Kelly Rindfleisch said she was hired to campaign illegally for Scott Walker on taxpayer time,’ Democratic Party…

Full cost pricing, the poor, or both?

…against full cost pricing were Wenonah Hauter (Executive Director of Food and Water Watch) and Anil Naidoo (Blue Planet Project Organizer for the Council of Canadians). Wenonah and Anil are…

The Brute Economics of Slavery

…is a very different phenomenon. Ownership is remote. Assets are used in large part for executive bonuses, dividends, and mergers and acquisitions. Though the track record of M&A in meeting…