Monday, January 28, 2013

Is It What You Know, Or Who You Know, that Matters?

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Imagine that you have a position to fill at your company. What more natural than to ask your current employees whether they know someone wit...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Socialize the Risk, Privatize the Profits: It's Just Wrong

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One of the most troubling changes of the past several decades, I believe, is the mantra that Private Industry can do it (whatever "it...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Can You Spell "Chutzpah"? It Seems AIG Can.

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Have you seen the new AIG (American International Group) advertisements that say, "Thank you America"? The ads started running ...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Wal-Mart in Mexico: It's Not Getting Better

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Back in April, the New York Times published a devastating article by David Barstow about bribery at Wal-Mart de Mexico. And while some Tim...
Friday, December 7, 2012

It's Not the New Year Yet, But I Have a Resolution

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I'm getting tired of writing posts in the aftermath of a horrific garment-factory fire. I wrote two in September ( here and here ), fol...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Sadly, We Do Have a Trifecta Winner

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The results are now in, and Wet Seal is indeed a trifecta winner: Illegal, Immoral, and Stupid. What? Back in July, the New York Times ...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Management vs Labor: Guess Who's Still Winning?

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Remember Warren Buffett's comment about class warfare, that "there's been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my ...