In the Spring of 2003, Huge Demonstrations in France brought the Nation to a Virtual Standstill
Public pension reform in France drove 300,000 workers, teachers, and students to march in protect…
Between June and July of This Year, 44,000 Non-farm Jobs Disappeared, According to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Between June and July of this year, 44,000 nonfarm jobs disappeared, according to the Labor…
Throughout the Ages, Making Clothing Was the Responsibility of the Housewife, Who Sewed Her Family’s Garments at Home
In his 1791 Report on the Subject of Manufactures, Alexander Hamilton wrote that in a number…
Protests Against Globalization, Particularly Against Investment Abroad by American-based Multinational Companies (MNCs)…
Every U.S.-based company operating in the developing world is coming under scrutiny for how it…
Paying for Employee Health Care: It Could Make You Sick
We spend more on health care, both absolutely and as a percentage of national income,…
The 75th Anniversary of Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc.
This issue of IRConcepts contains a brief history of IRC, summaries of the opening presentations,…
Globalization: Context and Practicalities
Globalization is variously seen as the inevitable expansion of corporate capitalism—as a prime example of…
Changing Pay Practices
Faced with the need to survive in the global economy, U.S. companies have reconfigured their…
The Case of the Missing Productivity: A Mystery
Business has been investing heavily in all forms of information technology (IT)—computers and related equipment,…
Low Inflation and Low Unemployment: How Can it Be?
The situation the United States currently enjoys—low unemployment, low inflation, and rapid growth—has left economists…
