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Category Archives: Common Sense Contracting
How COVID-19 Killed Nursing Homes!
America is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. According to FreddieMac, the US has a shortage of 2.5 to 3.3 million homes. Why don’t we build more homes? Because these homes are needed by families with the lowest … Continue reading
Impact Investing: How To De-Risk Deals With A New Financial Model, BRRM!
Nonprofits are in trouble, big trouble! We depend on nonprofits (charities) for a lot of the world’s Social Good… schools, hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, legal aid, and more. But recent changes may soon spell the doom of nonprofits as … Continue reading
The End Of NonProfits, The Rise Of NeoProfits!
When we think of doing good, we think of NonProfits. Charities, Churches, Foundations, and do-good organizations. Society didn’t always depend on “501 (c) 3” type charities. Charities trace their origins to the beginning of history when the great and powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Decision Making, Delivering Services
Tagged 501c3, Charity, foundations, nonprofit, philanthropy
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Will The UAW Strike Change The Auto Industry?
After a month, it looks like the United Auto Worker’s Union (UAW) strike of 2019 will soon be over. It has been a strange strike. There was a time when even the rumor of an auto strike caused the US … Continue reading
Posted in Backup Plans, cars, Common Sense Contracting, Employment, Expectations and Rewards
Tagged auto, Automobile, autonomy, cars, detroit, Electric Vehicles, selfdriving
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Capitalism 2.0: Pay For What You Use!
In the 2nd grade, my homeroom teacher loved to have unscheduled ethics tests. Her favorite was, “As you walk down the street, and you see a wallet lying on the ground. The wallet is filled with cash. What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Improvement, Unique Ideas
Tagged Capitalism, Environment, ESG, impact investing
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How to Avoid The Latest Outsourcing Dangers In 2018!
(Previously published in OUTSOURCE, 01/04/2018, Updated 3/25/2018) By now everyone knows about outsourcing, the big issue of the 20th century that revolutionized the 21st century! But outsourcing didn’t start in the 20th century. In the 18th and 19th century Europe developed … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Delivering Services
Tagged Brexit, Contracts, MiFID II, outsourcing
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The Surprising End After 25 Years of Successful Outsourcing To Mexico
When President Trump was merely Candidate Trump, he said that he was able to negotiate with Automaker Ford to end outsourcing and keep jobs in America. HIs campaign got a big boost, even though Ford said that it did … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Uncategorized
Tagged Contracts, Mexico, outsourcing
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The Trump Conundrum: American Jobs vs. Good Jobs vs. American Made
Candidate Trump told America that he would bring back, “Good, well-paying jobs, with benefits.” Which is what we want. We don’t just want low paying jobs without time off or health benefits. However, as Trump has learned, just the health … Continue reading
Posted in Common Sense Contracting, Delivering Services, Employment
Tagged employment, outsource, outsourcing
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More News About MiFID II
In the 21st century, Wall Street has faced repeated crises, each of which each followed the same pattern. At first, the impending problem is ignored by all except a few experts, in specialty publications. A few months before the problem … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Common Sense Contracting, Decision Making, Unique Ideas
Tagged Equity Research, MIFID, MIFIDII, Stocks
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Countdown To Armageddon: MiFID II Arrives!
Change is on the way… BIG change! On January 3rd, 2018, MiFID II takes effect. MiFID was designed to make the global markets more transparent, but one seemingly innocent new rule could blow the markets apart. Starting January 3rd, Equity … Continue reading
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