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I’m Getting An MBA Because You People Are Wrong

August 13, 2020 admin 0 Comments 2020 presidential election, finance, for-profit prisons, kamala harris, leftism, liberalism, mass incarceration, MBA, policy, policy reform, prison abolition, prison-industrial complex, S&P 500, stocks, stonks

A tweet about Kamala Harris highlights how woefully ignorant many people are about financial markets and how this harms us in the quest for formulating
meaningful policy, change, and discourse.

Business & Economics Gun Control Movements & Organizing Public Safety

Blood on the Louis Vuitton: Is Looting In Chicago A Referendum On The Zeitgeist?

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments black lives matter, chicago, gun control, gun violence, looting, protest, riot

As Chicago struggles with an epidemic of gun violence, one Gold Coast resident is worried that a looting spree last night on the Magnificent Mile will be used as a pretext for violent crackdowns on the Black Lives Matter movement. This is clearly unrelated to Black Lives Matter. But are not both the looting and the civil rights movement loud referenda on the current state of class relations in America?

Business & Economics

How Losers Still Get Paid: Why Bankruptcy Can’t Rein In Executive Compensation

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020 admin 0 Comments bankruptcy, coronavirus, corporate debt, corporate finance, corporate subsidies, corporations, covid, debt, equity, executive, executive compensation, finance, Ford, general motors, Hertz, JC Penney, litigation, Neiman Marcus, Pacific Gas & Electric, private equity, reaganomics, retail, retail apocalypse, shareholder value, shareholders, spending a lite fitty, stock market, stock market crash, stocks, stonks, tax, tax policy, Whiting Petroleum

IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE BILLIONS OF ONLOOKERS OBSERVING THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, you might be wondering: what’s

Business & Economics Lifestyle

Streaming, Torrents, and Market Fragmentation: Will p2p Filesharing, Unlike The South, Rise Again?

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments amazon, amazon prime, apple, downloading, DRM, film, itunes, market fragmentation, mp3, music, netflix, streaming, streaming services, torrents

Digital piracy has made a comeback in recent years as the market for content streaming becomes more crowded and more expensive, leading to serious questions about the long-term sustainability of the sector.

Business & Economics

COVID19 Has Birthed The Ultimate Frankenstinian Monster of Corporate Austerity

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments consumer economy, consumer protection, consumerism, coronavirus, corporate, corporations, covid, COVID19, customer service, retail, retail economy

We are experiencing unusually high call volume. Your call is very important to us and will be answered in the

Adaptation & Resilience Business & Economics

Anecdotes from The Alleged Retail Apocalypse

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments big box, big box retail, black lives matter, consumer spending, coronavirus, cottage industry, covid, COVID19, Detroit, detroit economy, hardware, hardware stores, local economy, protests, retail, retail apocalypse, retail economy, supply chain, supply chains

Is retail dead? Probably not. Big box retail, though, may need to rethink some things.

Business & Economics

Supply Chains in the COVID Era and the Case for Economic Resiliency

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments consumer economy, consumer finance, coronavirus, covid, Donald Trump, food, food supply, supply chain

As supply chains get disrupted and Americans lose access to coveted necessities like Wendy’s beef, COVID offers us some opportunities to ask some timely questions about how we can shift toward smaller-scale production as a question of sustainability and economic resiliency and prosperity.

Business & Economics Labor Public Health