David Madland
Author
Publisher
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Re-Union, David Madland explores how labor unions are essential to all workers. Yet, union systems are badly flawed and in need of rapid changes for reform. Madland's multilayered analysis presents a solution -- a model to replace the existing firm-based collective bargaining with a larger, industry-scale bargaining method coupled with powerful incentives for union membership. These changes would represent a remarkable shift from the norm, but...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"For the past several decades, politicians and economists have thought that high levels of inequality were good for the economy. But an economy that works only for the rich simply doesn't work. Because the middle class is so weak, America's economy now suffers from the kinds of problems that plague less-developed countries. Privileged elites more frequently secure special treatment from a government that wastes money and stifles competition. Children's...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Looks at factors contributing to the growing decline in the U.S. economy: decreased investment in infrastructure, increased investment in defense industries, ongoing military intervention, globaliztion and the offshoring of industry.