150 Results for “William Lazonick”

Current proposals will worsen inequality and harm those Trump promised to protect—while further enriching the top 1%

Much historical commentary emphasizes how pandemics restructure long-standing social and political arrangements. The observation applies to macroeconomics as well.

What is GM CEO Mary Barra’s take-home pay? (It’s more than you are being told)

Instead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks

Public funding behind the technology is the secret ingredient.

Cisco’s turn from innovation to financialization and what it means for the competitive position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry

Reindustrialization vs Financialization

President Biden’s first SOTU Address was a missed opportunity to say what he knows to be true: Stock buybacks manipulate the market and leave most Americans worse off

Stock buybacks as a mode of predatory value extraction

History shows robust antitrust enforcement helps promote a prosperous, fair, and balanced economy. Antitrust expert Mark Glick explains how the U.S. went astray during the 1980s, and how to get back on track.

Post-Chicago Economists vs. New Brandeisians on the New Merger Guidelines

Does general equilibrium theory sufficiently enhance our understanding of the economic process to make the entire exercise worthwhile, if we consider that other forms of thinking may have been ‘crowded out’ as a result of its being the ‘dominant discourse’? What, in the end, have we really learned from it?

The tough policy choices ahead for confronting the climate crisis

How much does the standard theory of externalities and public goods really say?

Robert Akerlof, economics professor at the University of Warwick, discusses his research into issues of self-esteem and values and how such a focus can greatly improve efforts to make sense of economic activity.