[EconProf]

I submit that the grocery clerks’ union today is equivalent to the United Auto Workers of five years ago. And the WalMarts, Fresh & Easys, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s are equivalent to the foreign-owned auto factories in the midwest and south. If this analogy is correct, any strike will cripple the union and the unionized chain stores, and benefit the non-union stores.
We all know that the UAW has vastly fewer members now, who make considerably less in overall compensation, and have lost market share to the nonunion states and foreign automakers (who took no bailout money, unlike GM and Chrysler), while consumers benefited.
Bring on the strike.

[EconProf]

I submit that the grocery clerks’ union today is equivalent to the United Auto Workers of five years ago. And the WalMarts, Fresh & Easys, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s are equivalent to the foreign-owned auto factories in the midwest and south. If this analogy is correct, any strike will cripple the union and the unionized chain stores, and benefit the non-union stores.
We all know that the UAW has vastly fewer members now, who make considerably less in overall compensation, and have lost market share to the nonunion states and foreign automakers (who took no bailout money, unlike GM and Chrysler), while consumers benefited.
Bring on the strike.

[EconProf]

I submit that the grocery clerks’ union today is equivalent to the United Auto Workers of five years ago. And the WalMarts, Fresh & Easys, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s are equivalent to the foreign-owned auto factories in the midwest and south. If this analogy is correct, any strike will cripple the union and the unionized chain stores, and benefit the non-union stores.
We all know that the UAW has vastly fewer members now, who make considerably less in overall compensation, and have lost market share to the nonunion states and foreign automakers (who took no bailout money, unlike GM and Chrysler), while consumers benefited.
Bring on the strike.

[EconProf]

I submit that the grocery clerks’ union today is equivalent to the United Auto Workers of five years ago. And the WalMarts, Fresh & Easys, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s are equivalent to the foreign-owned auto factories in the midwest and south. If this analogy is correct, any strike will cripple the union and the unionized chain stores, and benefit the non-union stores.
We all know that the UAW has vastly fewer members now, who make considerably less in overall compensation, and have lost market share to the nonunion states and foreign automakers (who took no bailout money, unlike GM and Chrysler), while consumers benefited.
Bring on the strike.

[EconProf]

Several years ago Jesse Jackson, in an unguarded moment of candor, said if he were walking down a dark street at night and a group of men were walking toward him, he would be relieved if they turned out to be white.
He later tried to recant, but his statement was out there already.
Statistically speaking, his feelings were understandable, given the far higher crime rate for black youths vs. other races.
In your case, I’d suggest that while your feelings are superficially understandable, everyone must be measured on their own merits, which can only be predicted once you get to know them better. Take their full and detailed application and then make the decision.

[EconProf]

Several years ago Jesse Jackson, in an unguarded moment of candor, said if he were walking down a dark street at night and a group of men were walking toward him, he would be relieved if they turned out to be white.
He later tried to recant, but his statement was out there already.
Statistically speaking, his feelings were understandable, given the far higher crime rate for black youths vs. other races.
In your case, I’d suggest that while your feelings are superficially understandable, everyone must be measured on their own merits, which can only be predicted once you get to know them better. Take their full and detailed application and then make the decision.

[EconProf]

Several years ago Jesse Jackson, in an unguarded moment of candor, said if he were walking down a dark street at night and a group of men were walking toward him, he would be relieved if they turned out to be white.
He later tried to recant, but his statement was out there already.
Statistically speaking, his feelings were understandable, given the far higher crime rate for black youths vs. other races.
In your case, I’d suggest that while your feelings are superficially understandable, everyone must be measured on their own merits, which can only be predicted once you get to know them better. Take their full and detailed application and then make the decision.

[EconProf]

Several years ago Jesse Jackson, in an unguarded moment of candor, said if he were walking down a dark street at night and a group of men were walking toward him, he would be relieved if they turned out to be white.
He later tried to recant, but his statement was out there already.
Statistically speaking, his feelings were understandable, given the far higher crime rate for black youths vs. other races.
In your case, I’d suggest that while your feelings are superficially understandable, everyone must be measured on their own merits, which can only be predicted once you get to know them better. Take their full and detailed application and then make the decision.

[EconProf]

Several years ago Jesse Jackson, in an unguarded moment of candor, said if he were walking down a dark street at night and a group of men were walking toward him, he would be relieved if they turned out to be white.
He later tried to recant, but his statement was out there already.
Statistically speaking, his feelings were understandable, given the far higher crime rate for black youths vs. other races.
In your case, I’d suggest that while your feelings are superficially understandable, everyone must be measured on their own merits, which can only be predicted once you get to know them better. Take their full and detailed application and then make the decision.

[EconProf]

Briansd1: Thank you for sharing your reading list with us.
It is 100% liberal.
No balance or challenges to your entrenched beliefs will threaten you in that list! Please try an issue or two of National Review, The Weekly Standard, or the Wall Street Journal editorial page (the rest of the WSJ is pretty balanced news coverage).
I am conservative, but also read The Economist and The New Republic and watch MSNBC to be exposed to the other side. The New Republic has reputation as left, but can be refreshingly open to ideas from the right. The Economist, on your list, can be exhausting to get through, but also voices views from the right on occasion. They were years ahead of everyone else in calling the housing bubble.

[EconProf]

Briansd1: Thank you for sharing your reading list with us.
It is 100% liberal.
No balance or challenges to your entrenched beliefs will threaten you in that list! Please try an issue or two of National Review, The Weekly Standard, or the Wall Street Journal editorial page (the rest of the WSJ is pretty balanced news coverage).
I am conservative, but also read The Economist and The New Republic and watch MSNBC to be exposed to the other side. The New Republic has reputation as left, but can be refreshingly open to ideas from the right. The Economist, on your list, can be exhausting to get through, but also voices views from the right on occasion. They were years ahead of everyone else in calling the housing bubble.

[EconProf]

Briansd1: Thank you for sharing your reading list with us.
It is 100% liberal.
No balance or challenges to your entrenched beliefs will threaten you in that list! Please try an issue or two of National Review, The Weekly Standard, or the Wall Street Journal editorial page (the rest of the WSJ is pretty balanced news coverage).
I am conservative, but also read The Economist and The New Republic and watch MSNBC to be exposed to the other side. The New Republic has reputation as left, but can be refreshingly open to ideas from the right. The Economist, on your list, can be exhausting to get through, but also voices views from the right on occasion. They were years ahead of everyone else in calling the housing bubble.

[EconProf]

Briansd1: Thank you for sharing your reading list with us.
It is 100% liberal.
No balance or challenges to your entrenched beliefs will threaten you in that list! Please try an issue or two of National Review, The Weekly Standard, or the Wall Street Journal editorial page (the rest of the WSJ is pretty balanced news coverage).
I am conservative, but also read The Economist and The New Republic and watch MSNBC to be exposed to the other side. The New Republic has reputation as left, but can be refreshingly open to ideas from the right. The Economist, on your list, can be exhausting to get through, but also voices views from the right on occasion. They were years ahead of everyone else in calling the housing bubble.

[EconProf]

Briansd1: Thank you for sharing your reading list with us.
It is 100% liberal.
No balance or challenges to your entrenched beliefs will threaten you in that list! Please try an issue or two of National Review, The Weekly Standard, or the Wall Street Journal editorial page (the rest of the WSJ is pretty balanced news coverage).
I am conservative, but also read The Economist and The New Republic and watch MSNBC to be exposed to the other side. The New Republic has reputation as left, but can be refreshingly open to ideas from the right. The Economist, on your list, can be exhausting to get through, but also voices views from the right on occasion. They were years ahead of everyone else in calling the housing bubble.

[EconProf]

Wish we could borrow their state legislature and governor for a year.

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