Collective bargaining is one of those topics that seems to divide the left and the right. However, while collective bargaining in the private sector is a political issue, collective bargaining in the public service should be apolitical. To make clear the difference between unionization in the private and public sectors, consider what recently happened in… Read more »
With the arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn well behind us, it now appears that France does have something to teach the United States. The whole idea of the “perp walk”, the parading of an innocent person for the media, smacks of sensationalism. It is also blatantly unfair. “Innocent until proven guilty” is supposed to… Read more »
We just came across the web site for The International Endowment for Democracy. There is a wealth of material there and, though we have not had a chance to go through it, it seems a valuable resource. Our next step is to try to contact that organization to see if there is interest in joining… Read more »
At first the problems in Europe looked like they would be confined to Greece, which was a basket case both politically and economically. Now it looks like the contagion is spreading. Initially to Ireland and Portugal. And then, possibly, to Italy and Spain. France may also be susceptible. What’s the problem and what does this… Read more »
It’s a shame how democratic governments forget who it is they work for. Open trade with China has created so many problems that it is difficult to enumerate all of them. But here we will try to list two disturbing issues. We will also discuss the effect of Walmart below and how its policy of… Read more »