Supposedly, a knowledge economy produces competitiveness and secure jobs. IBM employees in upstate New York learned otherwise.
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Market, State, and Dystopia
A dystopia is a utopia in reverse. The post-1980 era is likely to be remembered as a free market dystopia–a headlong compulsion to throw away the mixed economy that was built on the ruins of depression and world war in favor of a marketized society. This compulsion has been ground into the lenses of the […]
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The Feeble Strength of One
Suing the boss seems smart, but the company has home-court advantage.
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Employee Voice in Competitive Markets
The new global economy demands new models of worker regulation.
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But Where Are the Jobs?
Here’s one more course-correction for Clinton. Otherwise, look for more low-wage jobs.
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Solidaritas at Harvard
Meet the Harvard of the labor movement, a model of the new unionism.
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A Collective Bargain: Negotiating Human Capitalism
A new deal for labor policy.
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Is the Strike Dead?
The workers who lost the 1892 Homestead Strike would find the situation today all too familiar: employers using strike replacements to destroy labor’s most potent weapon.
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A New Picture of The American Economy
What really ails the American economy? Many economists blame stalled productivity—without understanding it. A new analysis suggests that prosperity depends on success in key industries significant in international trade.
