Seattle As union membership falls to record lows and seems now headed to only 5% of private sector density and with recent assaults on public sector unionization may be pushed below 20% density there soon as well, it is worth remembering that collective bargaining remains a clearly articulated, foundational purpose of labor law ensconced directly …
Month: April 2011
It’s Poverty, Stupid!
New Orleans The facts of the matter are painful to read, but important not to overlook. In a twist of the old James Carville line: “It’s poverty, stupid!” Meaning really that it’s the whole environment and economy that matter in the development of people and individuals and not just one or two factors or institutions …
Scared to Buy Homes
New Orleans The article in the local paper was breathless. How could it be that homes were going without buyers even though prices – and interest rates – were almost at a 40 year low point? Having drunk the Kool-Aid for so many years how was it possible that the number of American families wanting …