New Orleans Don’t get me wrong. Any group of organizers that can pull the trigger and pull out hundreds of thousands, then a million, and then possibly two million protestors on the streets out of a total population of seven million deserve wild praise and total respect. Such organizers can teach all of us …
Month: June 2019
Computerized House Flippers and Conflicting Interests
New Orleans It was bad enough when Wall Street sharpies like Blackstone started buying tranches of foreclosed houses in the suburbs to paint, rent, and then cash out. Now, algorithms are being deployed for house flippers. What could go right or wrong with this picture? A story in the Wall Street Journal claimed that …
Worker Shortages Are Pushing Wages Up at the Bottom
New Orleans With more than twenty candidates signed up for the Democratic primary, they are undoubtedly getting more advice than they want from all corners, friend and foe, including for many that they need to get out of the race, so who am I to throw water on their fire? Regardless, I’ll say this …