Working Life

   Yesterday, I participated in a debate on CNBC about whether unions helped the "middle class". The most comical and childish comment came from the fellow from the Cato Institute who called unions a “leukemia” on American society. I thought of this poor fellow this morning when I read this in The Wall Street Journal: […]

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   Yesterday, I was back doing the hard stuff…not in the drinking area (though, actually, I did have a bit of Glenlivet later in the day). No, the hard stuff is trying to have an intelligent conversation with anyone associated with the so-called "free trade" wing of the world. In this case, I was asked […]

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   Well, here it is, friends…it would be nice to have a reasonable debate (note: for some reason, the coding of the video makes it post past the jump…trying to figure it out…but go to the full page and you can view it)–    

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   I am going to debate the issue of the Employee Free Choice Act today at 11:30 a.m. on CNBC on "The Call" with Larry Kudlow (though apparently now the debate will also be about whether unions destroy jobs!!!). I am opening up this thread here for people to express their viewpoints about EFCA and, […]

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   This is simply an open thread if someone has anything to comment on about the discussion I will have taken part in on CNBC at 8 p.m. Eastern. It’s pegged to this ugly report: The government’s report of vast job losses in November, the largest monthly decline in a generation, puts more pressure on […]

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