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...foresaw inflation in the 1970s, the rise of Japan Inc. in the 1980s and the decline of unions in the 1990s. But his most far-reaching theories were on management and labor. He argued that if workers were allowed to participate in decisions, they would not only become happier and more productive but also provide valuable insights. CEOs prized his clarity. But everyone who labors in a cubicle, in the field or on a factory floor should prize Drucker too. He was a free-market champion and staunch defender of profits. But he showed us how those things need...
...that such an increase in the rate of full-time staff will cause some part-time workers to lose their jobs. While this is regrettable, it is very important that Harvard stay in good faith with its contract with janitors and help its full-time employees’ live happier lives with their families. While we opposed the tremendous raise in janitors’ pay supported by SLAM and others—a raise to $20 per hour from $13.50 per hour—our support of these other initiatives is not contradictory. The proposed pay increase was too great...
...this year. The fact that the newspaper is being delivered in his name suggests that the donor is probably someone affiliated with campus labor activism, but sadly, Doordropped could not confirm his or her identity. Deborah Eisner, the Chronicle’s managing editor, couldn’t be happier with the boost in distribution. Her circulation increases as a result, and at least in theory, people who have traditionally ignored the paper are starting to read it. It’s unclear whether that has actually happened—stacks of unread Chronicles abound—but that might...
...seems happier here,” Sanders says, and Glaude agrees. “He seems to be flourishing, he’s enjoying his time here...
...this valiant attempt to organize into a coherent picture the kaleidoscopic shards of information on underground trading, from music piracy to nuclear smuggling. The result is like a photo negative of Thomas Friedman's books (most recently, this year's The Earth is Flat) focusing on the happier aspects of globalization. The usual suspects are back in the spotlight: expanding free markets, the Internet, and the geopolitical fragmentation that followed the end of the Cold War. But in Na?m's version of the story, these changes?which in Friedman's telling are supposed to usher in a new, more enlightened...