Rick Wartzman
Contributor at The Wall Street Journal
Co-founder of @bendablelabs. Author of five books, including my latest, "Still Broke." Board member @capitalandmain. Ex-WSJ, LATimes. @ranhoder's+1
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1 week ago |
timesofsandiego.com | Rick Wartzman
“We’re standing up for the American worker,” Donald Trump said from the Rose Garden during his “Liberation Day” address announcing sweeping new tariffs. That’s no surprise. Upending the global trading system is a major goal for a key part of his political base: those walloped by free trade with low-wage countries — among them Mexico and, especially, China. These workers have been thirsting to bring back the good jobs they (or at least their parents) once had. If only.
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1 week ago |
zocalopublicsquare.org | Rick Wartzman
“We’re standing up for the American worker,” Donald Trump said from the Rose Garden during his “Liberation Day” address announcing sweeping new tariffs. That’s no surprise. Upending the global trading system is a major goal for a key part of his political base: those walloped by free trade with low-wage countries—among them Mexico and, especially, China. These workers have been thirsting to bring back the good jobs they (or at least their parents) once had. If only.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Rick Wartzman |Kelly Tang
Long before the phrase “stakeholder capitalism” had left anyone’s lips, Peter Drucker urged companies to balance a variety of interests—for “management to look at the institution from different angles” and ably serve customers, employees, shareholders and society. But the author, professor and corporate consultant also taught that most every enterprise is better at some things than others, and that leaning into your strengths is crucial.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Rick Wartzman |Harin J. Contractor
In the wake of the 2024 election, pundits and politicos have had much to say about the battle for the American “working class,” with their commentary—whether from the left, the right, or the middle—invariably accompanied by the same image: guys wearing hard hats, toiling away at a construction site or on an assembly line. Such iconography isn’t surprising.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
fortune.com | Rick Wartzman |Harin J. Contractor
America's working class is largely found in service jobs, not wearing hard hats. effrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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