The Parallel Parliament

The Best Hope for Business is the Business of Hope

glenpearson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:41 +0000

The news is coming in fast and furious. More layoffs. Jobs vanishing altogether. Record profits. Increased employer/employee tensions. Then from …

glenpearson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:02:02 +0000

This week I tweeted that I’d be heading out to the ElectroMotive line to stand with the workers in their …

glenpearson — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:10:08 +0000

The Nation magazine recently asked 16 activists and economists the following relevant question: “If you had the ability to reinvent …

glenpearson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:57:41 +0000

It was an unusual journey, decades long, and accomplished in about an hour. The setting of St. Paul’s Cathedral in …

glenpearson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:58:35 +0000

The following is my column for the London Free Press on the day of the massive Electro Motive rally in …

glenpearson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:13:56 +0000

Can capitalism be remade? Undoubtedly, but first we must dispose of its most frequent apologia that not all business is …

glenpearson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:46:33 +0000

In 1800, about 90% of Americans worked on farms; by 1900 it was 41%; today it is slightly under 2%. …

glenpearson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:35:32 +0000

If the recently concluded Liberal convention in Ottawa showed anything, it was the pundit’s penchant for predicting the end of …

glenpearson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:03:05 +0000

At some point last week my wife Jane did some calculations on the computer, swiveled in her chair and said, …

glenpearson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:15 +0000

Standing in line with the ElectroMotive workers yesterday, I was asked repeatedly what could be done. It’s clear I am …