How to reduce suicides at Foxconn plants:
China has lost more manufacturing jobs in the last five years than the US has manufacturing jobs.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Foxconn to replace workers with 1 million robots in 3 years
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
GE Moving X-Ray Leadership Team From US to China - NYTimes.com
And Immelt leads the US jobs commission?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Barack Obama: The Democrats’ Richard Nixon?
Barack Obama: The Democrats’ Richard Nixon?:
"Here are a few examples of Obama's effective conservatism:
His stimulus bill was half the size that his advisers thought necessary;
He continued Bush’s war and national security policies without change and even retained Bush’s defense secretary;
He put forward a health plan almost identical to those that had been supported by Republicans such as Mitt Romney in the recent past, pointedly rejecting the single-payer option favored by liberals;
He caved to conservative demands that the Bush tax cuts be extended without getting any quid pro quo whatsoever;
And in the past few weeks he has supported deficit reductions that go far beyond those offered by Republicans."
His stimulus bill was half the size that his advisers thought necessary;
He continued Bush’s war and national security policies without change and even retained Bush’s defense secretary;
He put forward a health plan almost identical to those that had been supported by Republicans such as Mitt Romney in the recent past, pointedly rejecting the single-payer option favored by liberals;
He caved to conservative demands that the Bush tax cuts be extended without getting any quid pro quo whatsoever;
And in the past few weeks he has supported deficit reductions that go far beyond those offered by Republicans."
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The problem with Obama
Obama Has Always Been for Premature Fiscal Austerity: "Obama, by contrast, seems to glory in splitting the difference--even when you split the difference between those who know something and those who don't--without ever saying: 'we really ought to do the right thing'."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
In the Ozarks, a Home With Room to Spare (72,000 Square Feet)
All the problems of US are encapsulated in this article:
income inequality, low capital gains tax, large military industrial complex and regulation arbitrage for the rich.
What others are there?
Monday, July 18, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
The Good Short Life With A.L.S. - NYTimes.com
The Good Short Life With A.L.S. - NYTimes.com: "I think it’s important to say that. We obsess in this country about how to eat and dress and drink, about finding a job and a mate. About having sex and children. About how to live. But we don’t talk about how to die. We act as if facing death weren’t one of life’s greatest, most absorbing thrills and challenges. Believe me, it is. This is not dull. But we have to be able to see doctors and machines, medical and insurance systems, family and friends and religions as informative — not governing — in order to be free."
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Night Raids Curbing Taliban, but Afghans Cite Civilian Toll - NYTimes.com
For this you get the Nobel Peace prize?
Friday, July 08, 2011
The Pathology of Elite Organizations � naked capitalism
The Pathology of Elite Organizations � naked capitalism: "When you allow an institution to provide you with your identity and sense of self-worth you become an obsequious pawn, no matter how much talent you possess."