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City Leader: Kick-Start Entrepreneurship in Your City Now

Daniel Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Daniel Isenberg

In the past year I have witnessed a burgeoning of interest. Here are some do's and don'ts for committed leaders, whether you are a private or public sector leader.

Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From?

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Charles D. Ellison

Public rancor directed at government workers is a bit confounding. It's on all levels: state, local, federal. Much of this particular election cycle ...

Race to the Bottom: How the Politics of Resentment is Undermining America

Bob Samuels | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Samuels

Since people equate all public workers with the evils of big government, they feel justified in calling for elimination of public employees, but what society would we have without these essential workers?

Labor's Popularity Struggles Amid Criticism of Public-Sector Unions

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Akito Yoshikane

With 46 percent of Americans saying that their power will decline in the coming years, can unions steer themselves back into favor?

Government Jobs No Longer So Secure

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

For years, most people who worked for state or local governments accepted a fact of life: Their pay wasn't great. The job security was. Now that's go...

The Mayor's New Right Hand Man

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
John Petro

Stephen Goldsmith's red state politics stand out in a city of true-blue Democrats, and his appointment is a clear indication that Bloomberg will make belt-tightening a key component of his third term.

The End of Central Planning?

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
John Petro

The private sector is motivated by profit, and the means with which the private sector expresses this motivation are often at odds with what is best for a city and its inhabitants.

The Planner's Mentality

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Harry Moroz

hints that the country is being taken over by scheming bureaucrats has had a pernicious effect on the recovery of the American economy.

Breaking the Public Sector Unions' Stranglehold on State and Local Governments

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mort Zuckerman

What we suffer is a ruinously expensive collaboration between elected officials and unionized state and local workers, purchased with taxpayer money. "Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."

If DC Area Can't Learn to Cope with Snow -- Maybe Capitol Should be Moved to Midwest Where They Know How

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robert Creamer

So far this week, snow has closed the Federal Government for three full days. Each day the Federal Government is closed, it costs the taxpayers $100 million in lost productivity. So far that's a cool $300 million.

Your Mailman Didn't Make the Economy Collapse

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Amy Traub

Rather than being outraged that a public employee earns a living wage, we should ask why more private sector workers don't.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle Class

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Leo W. Gerard

Unionization is how the middle class re-emerges. America could do without a few filthy-rich boys lolling on yachts in the Mediterranean.

Stressed CEOs Drink Three Bottles Of Wine A Week

Independent | Martin Hickman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Chief executives of big companies and public sector organisations are coping with their stressful positions by drinking the equivalent of almost three...