Corporations

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

The California Chamber of Commerce has released its annual list of what it calls "job-killer bills." Why is it that the hit-list seems to only target Democrats?

By most accounts, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is genuinely passionate about reducing global poverty. But he is not willing to challenge corporations and structures that generate that poverty.

In Oregon, Kaiser Permanente security guards are employed by Kaiser, not by a contractor. They are unionized and here is a short chart of just some of the difference this makes.

During my year in the minimum-wage world, I managed to achieve two primary things: I wrote a book about the experience, and I developed a corporate success plan for when I clawed my way back.

The CIA has enlisted Google's help for their exponentially expanding spy network. Google will claim they're aiding the CIA with national security, just as AT&T claimed, just as corporations always claim when they're caught spying on people for the government.

I have an idea to stimulate the economy. This weekend, let's all go out and spend some money. If any of you could purchase a couple million American-made cars this weekend, could you please do so?

My flight from Washington DC to Atlanta landed late. The connection to San Francisco still wasn't due to take off for a few minutes but the airline (...

Our economy, with all its volatility, is exactly the economy any sane person would have predicted after the wholesale decline of regulation, as both a reality and an idea, in the eighties and nineties.

The massing of assets and resources into corporate hands takes away the people's ability to decide to build museums and fund schools.

Under our laws, corporations are fictional persons with certain rights. They can own assets, employ agents and engage in contracts just like people. But unlike you or me, they have none of the responsibilities.

The concentration of wealth and income reflects a major shift over the last three decades in how the United States shares its earnings.

Every year, the Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal, dutifully churns out its annual Index of Economic Freedom, a ratings...

New findings on attitudes toward regulation show that the business campaign against regulation as an abstract concept has been very successful.