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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Home ownership rates are declining globally for the first time in one-hundred years, while tenancy is rising. I have mixed feelings about these trends. On the one hand, I hope that greater numbers of tenants equals more power in the bargains with landlords, and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One thing that intrigued me in both England and Ireland over the last two weeks was the amount of construction in every city I visited. These were not little small-time projects, but giant cranes building skyscrapers in most of the cities. Manchester was out of …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsManchester The “long tail” is a tech-marketing concept that pundits and futurists promote with some enthusiasm. The heart of it is that some businesses, especially enabled by the internet and the Amazon world view, could make money on small, niche products, even at low sale volumes, almost …