Clawbacks

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues

Clawbacks             New Orleans               Citi, Citicorp, Citibank, a division of the US Government, or whatever you might want to call the name of the financial services operation on Park Avenue did a smart, political thing and cut a deal with its major owner and lender to allow clawbacks.  Finally, maybe we are getting something for …

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Four Day Week

Ideas and Issues

Four Day Week January 12, 2009             New Orleans               The recession and the pursuit of savings for broke-ass governments at every level may allow some interesting reconsiderations.  One might be the value of 4-day work weeks for public services that do not require essential or 24-hour coverage.             The state of Utah tried something along …

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Comeback for Common Sense?

Ideas and Issues

Comeback for Common Sense?                 New Orleans                      Is it too much to hope that we might be on the verge of a comeback of common sense?  My fingers are crossed.  Perhaps I grabbing at straws but here are some sure signs. A realization that housing prices will not always go up. A recognition that a …

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