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Commentary, Economics / auto industry, business investment, manufacturing, Republicans, trade unions, wages /

Chattanooga!

February 14, 2014

Have you been following the Chattanooga story? In a nutshell here it is: Volkswagen has a big production plant there. VW was given the usual trade distorting incentives by Tennessee to set up shop locally. Up until now the VW plant has been non-union, but now a union drive looks like succeeding. VW’s management has […]

Commentary, Economics / plutocracy /

Executive Payola

February 14, 2014

There’s quite a rumpus, again, about executive pay. The amount our top CEO’s extract from us all has reached epic proportions. The Fortune 500 CEO’s average pay levels about 200 times that of our average workers. This is about 1,000 times more than it used to be back when the economy was doing well in […]

Commentary / plutocracy /

The Radford-Perkins Rule?

February 14, 2014

Well Tom Perkins, take a bow. As if your Wall Street Journal letter wasn’t silly enough, you’ve now raised the bar for all subsequent arrogant rich folk to meet. Comparing criticism of the American 1% with the Nazi attacks on Jews is outrageous enough, but suggesting you ought to get more votes because you pay […]

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