Just added to my radio archive (click on date for link): August 28, 2025 Sam Tanenhaus, author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America, on Bill, his thought, and his influence…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
Among the leading fantasies of the moment are that federal employment and spending are “out of control,” so drastic action is needed to put things back in order. These are lies. Some people who utt…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
A follow-up to yesterday’s post about historical trends in union density. Today, a look at demographics and geography. Once upon a time, the stereotypical union member was a factory worker. That ha…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
Here are the headlines for my last five writeups of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual accounting of union density: Union density: yet another low (2020) Pandemic boosts union density (20…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
This is a lightly edited transcript of an interview that I did with Mouin Rabbani on the January 23, 2025, edition of Behind the News. Rabbani is a journalist and analyst with a deep understanding …| LBO News from Doug Henwood
Our new emperor has a well-advertised love of tariffs. They appeal to his grandiosity, as dramatic imperial gestures that will bring the world to heel at no cost to Americans, given his stubborn de…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine: How Systems Make Terrible Decisions and How the World Lost Its Mind Profile Books, £22.00 by Michael Pollak why Hayek was wrong Here is what mainstream eco…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
Jane McAlevey, the organizer, writer, and frequent BtN guest, died on July 7. To remember her, I ran an excerpt from a March 2017 interview with her. Here’s what I said to introduce the inter…| LBO News from Doug Henwood
6 posts published by Doug Henwood during May 2024| LBO News from Doug Henwood