A short walk from my house is the second ever New Belgium Brewery. It came to town with what I consider a false pretense. It made the claim of being 100% employee owned. The city excitedly built quite a bit of infrastructure for the facility. One day though, Kim Jordan sold New Belgium to Kirin, a Japanese company because surprise, surprise she owned the majority of stocks. I've talked about my disappointment in this company (as well as others) and typically I'm told that the workers must have made money in the deal. I don't know about that. What I do know is that the agency of the people who worked there wasn't just lost, it was little more than a lie.
A good example. But of what? We haven't prepared people to see through misdirection. We need to be able to ask the right questions, but even more important we need to have public spaces where we can make these "asks." This is the missing part, I think. Local government has forfeited its purpose and right to challenge private greed. It's a weak link in a system that (might) should work, i.e. popular democracy. And beer, Greg, as we know is sacred ground.
I enjoy your articles. Your subject matter is stimulating. Many times it is hard to cover all of various subjects relating to debt. The United States present issues have been well documented. The subject of cause, or causes.... placing blame? Since debt is about cash flow.... follow the money. But then again... nothing is as simple as it appears.
A short walk from my house is the second ever New Belgium Brewery. It came to town with what I consider a false pretense. It made the claim of being 100% employee owned. The city excitedly built quite a bit of infrastructure for the facility. One day though, Kim Jordan sold New Belgium to Kirin, a Japanese company because surprise, surprise she owned the majority of stocks. I've talked about my disappointment in this company (as well as others) and typically I'm told that the workers must have made money in the deal. I don't know about that. What I do know is that the agency of the people who worked there wasn't just lost, it was little more than a lie.
A good example. But of what? We haven't prepared people to see through misdirection. We need to be able to ask the right questions, but even more important we need to have public spaces where we can make these "asks." This is the missing part, I think. Local government has forfeited its purpose and right to challenge private greed. It's a weak link in a system that (might) should work, i.e. popular democracy. And beer, Greg, as we know is sacred ground.
I enjoy your articles. Your subject matter is stimulating. Many times it is hard to cover all of various subjects relating to debt. The United States present issues have been well documented. The subject of cause, or causes.... placing blame? Since debt is about cash flow.... follow the money. But then again... nothing is as simple as it appears.