German apprenticeship programs “rest on a two-track educational system that can be jarring to many Americans. Students are tracked roughly by the time they are 10 years old; those destined for apprenticeships typically graduate after 10th grade.” https://t.co/DCXtj2lWrx #corpgov
— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) December 31, 2018
“The program is a success if it helps a worker with less than a high-school education land a $50,000 a year job with benefits …. even though workers who held unionized manufacturing or mill jobs may have previously earned $80,000 a year.” https://t.co/dJPxHK9JWi #corpgov
— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) December 31, 2018
“Prices rise as the minimum wage increases in several states” https://t.co/Dhcn0Uj9g1 #corpgov
— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) December 31, 2018
Is this something I missed? S&C categorizes shareholder proposals as “ESP” – enviro, social, political – or “Governance,” rather than the blanket “ESG.” There are a lot of reasons that makes sense but I haven’t seen others do it.https://t.co/XOn3AZTroA
— Ann Lipton (@AnnMLipton) January 1, 2019
A top economic consultant just told me “I’ve advised on 200 major mergers in the past 20y. Not a single one was pro-competitive.” My profession should change priors when consulting -we cannot provide semi scientific ammunitions to corporate power. Or are we just so easily bought?
— Tommaso Valletti (@TomValletti) December 31, 2018
“recent poll shows that only 42 percent of millennials support capitalism” https://t.co/9y6H52uUZN #corpgov
— Stefan Padfield (@ProfPadfield) January 3, 2019