Author Archives: Kevin Judge

How capitalism ruined our relationship with bacteria

  By Norah Campbell and Cormac Deane | October 4,2018 There are many rational reasons that motivate consumers to spend US$65 billion annually on household cleaning products. But non-rational mechanisms are nevertheless still at work in the cleaning products market, as in all others. Advertisements for domestic hygiene products usually follow the same simple yet powerful… Read More »

Why trade deficits aren’t so bad

By William D. Lastrapes | October 4, 2018 Most Americans seem to think international trade deficits are a bad thing. A March poll, for example, showed that more than two-thirds think the U.S. should take steps to reduce the trade deficit with China, even if a resulting trade war drives up consumer prices. That’s in… Read More »

The Difference Between An Ordinary, And A Zero – Based Budget

By Richard Brody  |   October 04, 2018 Nearly every organization, uses some sort of budget, in their planning, and strategic phases of operating, and proceeding forward, into the future. However, after more than four decades of personal involvement, in nearly every aspect of leadership, especially planning, from identifying, qualifying, training, developing, and consulting to thousands of actual, as well… Read More »

Why we think businesses are out to get us

Laurence Ashworth | October 3, 2018 Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, made headlines in the U.K. recently for his speech at the Trades Union Congress conference in Manchester, England. His remarks were forcefully pro-union and strongly disapproving of corporations, the profit motive and the wealthy. He singled out Amazon for not paying their fair… Read More »

Technology Breakthroughs Drive Clean Energy Success

(NewsUSA) | October 1, 2018 Ongoing concerns about reducing carbon emissions and identifying clean energy sources continue to drive demand for clean energy products and support the development of technology that produces them. For instance, while solar panels have long been a way of minimizing one’s carbon footprint – be it a homeowner or a company… Read More »