Tag: Op-Ed
Smart use of fresh water is crucial for supply chains
Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh...
AI running businesses will test U.S. legal system
Only “persons” can engage with the legal system – for example, by signing contracts or filing lawsuits. There are two main categories of persons:...
Racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace
American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you’d have a hard time finding a company that says it doesn’t value...
New Calif. climate laws to have global impact on business
Many of the world’s largest public and private companies will soon be required to track and report almost all of their greenhouse gas emissions...
Here’s why UAW’s strategy is working
The United Auto Workers union isn’t backing down as it bargains for more compensation and better benefits in its new contracts with General Motors...
Here’s where nonprofits outperform and why
My professional project-management career spans mission-driven nonprofits and for-profit organizations. For-profit companies have the funding to hire strong professionals to lead projects, and they...
Don’t overlook these job candidates: Entrepreneurs
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business lately, you’re not alone. Americans began launching ventures in record numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Despite rosy jobs data, danger of recession lingers
Don’t be overly fooled by seemingly rosy jobs data issued recently.
Yes, the U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August 2023 – faster than the...
Downgrade of U.S. credit rating shouldn’t be downplayed
The formerly pristine reputation of the U.S. government’s debt lost a little more luster after a prominent rating agency demoted Uncle Sam from its...
Banking ‘reforms’ have widened the wealth gap
Harsh banking sector regulations imposed a decade ago were touted as a means to both make the system safer and to “democratize capital” by...
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