Prisons and jails charge inmates substantial portions of their annual wages for basic necessities.
A report released by the Corrections Accountability Project this week exposes over 3,100 corporations—including over 2,500 privately traded companies—that profit from the U.S. prison system.
Environmental bonds guarantee corporate payment for clean-up and encourage more cautious use of land.
Corporations can help apply positive pressure for social change, but their profit motives should make us wary of letting them displace moral leaders.
Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.
Why the next few years will look—unfortunately—a lot like the last few years.
Just look at the ratio between the increase in profits and the increase in investment to see how things have changed over the last 40 years.
On JPMorgan's $11 billion fine and the values of CNBC anchors.