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Paonia’s version of perestroika
America is going through its own perestroika. This is evident from dramatic changes in demography, family life and the workplace, and by major structural changes in the economy and the global marketplace. It is sometimes useful to examine this economic and social change at the micro level, where the rubber meets the road. This approach,…
Small businesses need the big guys
Big Business has taken it on the chin in recent years. There have been tales of huge executive salaries, environmental insensitivities and ham-handled dealings with employees and their families as bloated companies cut costs and restructure. Small business news, however, is typically positive. We read about job creation, innovation, and successful forays into growing international…
Changing society, economy forging U.S. perestroika
As Americans join the rest of the world in celebrating the historic political and economic changes sweeping the communist world, the United States is experiencing its own perestroika, a process of profound economic and social changes that we call the “new economy”. America’s new economy has many dimensions. One is demographic. The graying of America…