Tag: responsibility

Troubled Times: Why the Effort to Remove the Stigma of Mental Illness Is Backfiring

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Are anti-stigma efforts helping or hindering a public policy will to help mentally ill Americans?

Apple, America and the ‘China Problem’

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The secret is out: Apple has a worm inching its way through its corporate flesh. January was a tough month on the Cupertino, California company venerated for its innovation and vision. The controversy emerged when an Apple contractor in China, a manufacturing facility known as Foxconn where many brand-name electronics are assembled largely by hand, …

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Storm clouds gather over an abandoned Brooklyn shipyard representing American deindustrialization.

Going Broke: Veterans of a Post-American Economy

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What do an aircraft engine falling to pieces in mid air and a cruise ship crankcase splitting open and erupting into flames have in common? More evidence of globalization gone bad.