Would the fascist death cult in the back please pipe down so we can call the shareholder meeting to order? (Commentary on Apple sustainability/ shareholder value problem)

Apple, the company that makes those skinny overpriced laptops, has adopted certain corporate practices intended to forestall the Earth becoming an inhabitable wasteland. With apologies to Douglas Adams, this has made a few people very angry, and is regarded by them as a bad idea.   The proposed resolution, requiring that Apple abandon sustainability initiatives […]

Will the last director turn off the light on their way out? (Commentary on Producer’s Pipelines & Brant)

“When we hang the last capitalist, another will appear to sell us the rope” – Variously attributed to Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and your annoying friend who reads too much Chomsky.   One of the best features of Association Football/ Soccer, in my opinion, is that it has 17 clear rules, and that those allow for […]

…and Critical Perspectives

Do the week 4/5 readings. Not necessarily to learn anything (YMMV), but for the marvelous spectacle of two out of three of the textbook authors parachuting in sections from other books of theirs (publication deadline, anyone?) in order to offer a “critical perspective” on what they view as the unprincipled development of the law with […]