Are stock buybacks depressing wages?
“Buybacks…are an important tool that businesses must have to reallocate excess capital” – Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Touted by proponents as a productive method of investing leftoverContinue Reading
“Buybacks…are an important tool that businesses must have to reallocate excess capital” – Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Touted by proponents as a productive method of investing leftoverContinue Reading
50 years ago, President Kennedy called for a better measurement of objective well-being in economic policy, yet we are still prioritizing GDP growth today. In his speech at the UniversityContinue Reading
The U.S. economy is outdated. It has begun to function improperly and it’s on the verge of ceasing to function at all. Don’t allow yourself to be tricked by historicallyContinue Reading
On a broad level, America is seeing rapid, widespread demographic shifts. But some areas are experiencing greater shifts than others. People of color will soon become the national majority, andContinue Reading
The bankruptcy of Detroit in 2013 shocked the country due to its sheer size, but was also fairly expected given the decline of the American automotive industry in theContinue Reading
One of President Trump’s main promises on the campaign trail was to crack down on free trade in the name of protecting American businesses, particularly the manufacturing sector. Despite theContinue Reading
Is what’s fair for a Californian feasible for an Alabaman?Continue Reading
Introduction A key promise of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign – the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – is well under way, with a fifth round ofContinue Reading
The video was all over Facebook, trailed by hundreds of angry comments from USC students. The reason? “I’ve been asked to leave the campus,” says Aaron Flournoy in the clip.Continue Reading