I found an interesting article via Reuters about a new concept in Business called a "B Corp." In response to the seemingly unrelentless drive the free market economy and conventional capitalism has caused to the global economy - particularly in the United States which unlike its other Western European and Asian counterparts saw the top 1% income rise over 40%. They say a new kind of corporate legal structure is needed to require companies to operate for the good of society, not just for their shareholders. The city of Philadelphia gives them tax breaks. MORE >>

New Boards and new Municipalities and new Government plans that change every few years also add to the mix. Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System Posted on Apr 10, 2011 By Chris Hedges A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It churns out stunted human products, lacking the capacity and vocabulary to challenge the assumptions and structures of the corporate state. MORE >>

What is interesting as I study the current Census and align it with the "mythology" that Americans are a mobile lot and relocate in order to find work and establish urban areas often centered on certain industries - the Automotive industry - Detroit, Software/Technology - the Bay Area and so on, in reality the new economy is less about migratory patterns and about actual productivity and wealth building. Much of this is of course racial with Detroit being America's most segregated city. Between 2000 and 2009, six of them lost population – led, not surprisingly, by New Orleans. MORE >>

per share to 5:00 pm, New York City time, on June 18, 2010, unless further extended or terminated. The offer and withdrawal rights were previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 pm, New York City time, on May 26, 2010. As of 5:00 pm, New York City time, on May 26, 2010, 4,444,444 shares, representing over 38% of Hardinge's outstanding shares, have been validly tendered and not withdrawn. Hardinge employs approximately 1,138 employees worldwide with manufacturing operations in the United States, Switzerland, Taiwan and China. MORE >>

New York City (including the outer boroughs)gained only 127,000 in residents since the last Census. If there is ever a city that demonstrates the current two tier economy its this one. If you cannot afford to sustain your family on what is middle class wages in a major urban city the long term consequences it means for our cities are more Detroit's, bigger unwieldy suburbs and decline in City Schools and services. Below is an article from today's New York Times discussing the further decline of wages and the affect it has on family life. MORE >>