WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans These days sometimes you just have to pinch yourself in disbelief at the blatant impunity, heedless greed, and stark avarice practiced by some companies and professions willing without morals or mercy to put families in danger, physically and financially, by concealing risk. At least, that’s how I felt looking at the …
New Orleans The United Kingdom based, conservative weekly, The Economist, with their tongue somewhat in their cheek in 1986 came up with a smart-alecky thing they called the “Big Mac Index” as a way to explain currency evaluations between various countries. Given the ubiquity of McDonald’s and its golden arches around the world, …
Pearl River There’s so much hype these days about artificial intelligence that taking it all with a grain of salt seems the best course. Our tech masters are in a life-or-death competition that’s driving way too much of the economy now, as they try to sort out who or what will be the winners …