Goose Island: The Beginning of the Next American Revolution?
Filed under: Society & Economy, Technology, Unions, Workplace
Goose Island is the only island located on the Chicago River. I suspect most Chicagoans would need MapQuest to even find Goose Island. Once a center for manufacturing, the neighborhoods surrounding it have been quietly gentrified over the years. Until quite recently, the island was most famous for the beer that is brewed at its local Goose Island Brewery. Read more
Bust a Union…Crash a Global Economy
Filed under: Global Economy & Politics, Society & Economy, Unions
Meet Michael J. Lotito of the firm Jackson Lewis LLP. He was among the many individuals in expensive suits who worked very hard to bring on the current global economic disaster. Michael J. Lotito did not peddle subprime mortgages in hardscrabble neighborhoods. He didn’t sit in a bank and lie to people about the advantages of interest-only home loans. He didn’t hawk bundled exotic securities in the global marketplace. His firm, Jackson Lewis LLP, isn’t even located on Wall Street. Their New York office is on Staten Island. It’s not a mortgage lender, an investment bank, or a stock brokerage house. Read more