Working Life

A quick “birthday” promo: you are listening to the 100th episode of the podcast. Make today the day you become one of our small financial supporters—go to workinglife.org, click on the Patreon link and sign up to be a monthly contributor. Every bite of food you take contains a lot of sweat and tears of […]

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Please, put out a red alert. Andrew Cuomo has been kidnapped. The man who occupies the governor’s office is a body double. Seriously, where has the guy gone who was a shill for big business, a guy who took pleasure attacking unions and seemed to like only tax breaks for the wealthy? The guy who […]

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I’ve never been a fan of the New York governor. I guess it was subtle when I coined him “the poodle for the rich”. And so, no surprise, he’s giving out goodies again.

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If you are one who is already bored by the 2012 elections and the rhetorical, mind-numbing repetition, here’s a little taste of what you can expect all the way into the distant future of 2016. The poodle-for-the-rich governor of New York has determined that his path to the White House in 2016–and, despite the boring […]

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   On the face of it, it’s a good thing when the labor movement leverages the trillions of dollars–yes, that’s TRILLIONS–that sit in pension funds. It’s been a topic of debate for a long time. The question is: what do we get? Here is the example, via The Wall Street Journal: New York Gov. Andrew […]

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    The people are there. Not surprisingly. If the politicians could get their hands out of the pockets of their contributors, we’d have some progress. All the way from the Financial Times: A poll released on Monday by Quinnipiac University found 61 per cent of registered New York City voters supported extending the state’s surcharge, […]

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   In one important respect, the poodle-for-the-rich governor of New York brings to mind another bullying, immoral politician, George W. Bush. Back when one of the most corrupt and dangerous Administrations in our nation’s history had sky-high approval ratings, thanks to igniting a gusher of misguided and illegal revenge and retribution in the wake of […]

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   Over the last couple of days, I’ve written about the blatant ethical violations of Kathryn S. Wylde, a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. One thing struck me in particular about the Fed’s rules for its Class C directors: Class C directors are prohibited from owning bank stocks, for example,…    […]

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    Why some people are surprised that the economy continues to be weak speaks more to the bankruptcy of our elected leaders and the cluelessness of the press release transcribers (we used to call them "journalists"). People don’t have money–and that is a real issue when two-thirds of the economy depends on people buying stuff. […]

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    So, I remember from history books the great lessons learned from the Greeks, starting with democracy, no? Time to follow them again: Greeks walked off the job for 48 hours on Tuesday, a day before Parliament is to vote on unpopular austerity measures that are deemed critical to unlocking international financial support.    After […]

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