“Greedflation” is an economic theory that emerged around 2021 as an explanation for the sky-high inflation we were experiencing. At first, even mainstream economists considered greedflation a left-wing fringe theory, […]
Tag: corporations
News flash: Companies don’t want to lose money
Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s “chief financial officer,” said that Farmers Insurance pulled out of Florida not because it was losing money there but because the company was “woke.” How that wokeness […]
PGA merger with LIV Golf is only the beginning
by Adam Minter Human rights and golf were rarely mentioned in the same breath until the launch last year of LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed tour organized to challenge the PGA. […]
Corporations prioritize woke initiatives over their own employees
by Christian Watson Corporations are putting their political agendas before their customers, employees and shareholders. Political considerations aimed at pleasing the mythical “stakeholder” drive some of the most significant decisions […]
If SCOTUS kills Chevron doctrine, corporations will have even more power
by Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could well advance two long-term conservative causes: the war on government and […]
Holding corps and abusive countries accountable for slave-labor use
Various prominent U.S. corporations, including Walmart and Intel, might be shying away from principled stances condemning foreign uses of slavery and child labor for the production of cheap consumer goods. […]
Discussing inflation? Don’t forget greed
“Companies are paying higher wages, spending more for materials and absorbing record freight costs, pushing up economic inflation gauges. They are also reporting some of their best profitability in years.” […]
Calif. diversity quotas struck down
by Nicholas Goldberg The state Legislature’s heavy-handed efforts to mandate diversity in California’s corporate boardrooms have been dealt a second blow in just a few weeks. Last month, Judge Terry […]
