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"This is indefensible," said Rick Paynter, the owner of The Kentucky Shop in Lexington, referring to when an ICE officer shot and killed an American citizen in her car on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

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As the Trump administration pressures businesses for loyalty, executives face rising risks. Here’s why business leaders must act now to defend democracy and the rule of law.

His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.

His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.

The US chamber and chambers of commerce respond to Black Lives Matter: Cheap talk, progressive neoliberalism, or transformative change? - Volume 24 Issue 4

In his farewell address to the nation, President Joe Biden warned of a rising “tech-industrial” oligarchy. Days later, Donald J. Trump was sworn in for his second presidency, flanked by several of the billionaires who backed him: Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI; Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, Starlink and Tesla; and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Trump appointed a record 13 billionaires to his cabinet and put Musk in charge of dramatically cutting the federal government. In response, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders embarked on a cross-country “Fight Oligarchy” tour. Nearly half of Americans polled in April said the U.S. had become an oligarchy, in which the rich rule, and respondents across the political spectrum said billionaire rule threatened democracy. Some experts disagree; others say oligarchy can coexist with democracy and, for better or worse, has always been a feature of American governance.

As the Trump administration pressures businesses for loyalty, executives face rising risks. Here’s why business leaders must act now to defend democracy and the rule of law.

As the Trump administration pressures businesses for loyalty, executives face rising risks. Here’s why business leaders must act now to defend democracy and the rule of law.

Revolving door dynamics are pervasive in the United States. There are vast literatures on the revolving door and on Donald Trump, but so far, no attempts to bring these literatures together. This pape...

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What comes after democratic breakdown.

Ultra-rich individuals are associating with Donald Trump as he ascends to the presidency for his second time

Biden's farewell speech warning that oligarchs pose a threat to democracy has echoed a growing problem in the world, economic and historical experts say.

"Wanted" signs naming executives were posted in Manhattan this week, NYPD said.

Revolving door dynamics are pervasive in the United States. There are vast literatures on the revolving door and on Donald Trump, but so far, no attempts to bring these literatures together. This pape...

Der Westen wendet sich von China ab – die Schweiz macht das Gegenteil und vertieft die wirtschaftlichen Verflechtungen. Mit welchen Folgen?

The Russia–Ukraine war has challenged our understanding of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Whereas CSR is traditionally associated with business self-regulation that benefits business and socie...

The Alternative for Germany party’s victory remains deeply concerning for the already divided nation.

Der US-Politologe Daniel Kinderman forscht über Rechtspopulismus und kennt die Schweizer Politik gut. Er sagt, was die SVP mit den Republikanern unter Donald Trump verbindet – und was die Schweiz bess...

Rechtspopulismus ist eine Herausforderung für die Wirtschaft. Der Verein „Wirtschaft für ein weltoffenes Sachsen“ tritt für die liberale Demokratie ein – aus Eigeninteresse und Verantwortung.

Nach der Abstimmung über die 13. AHV-Rente herrscht beim Wirtschaftsdachverband Katzenjammer. Seine Schlagkraft ist aber nach wie vor hoch – wenn er sie richtig einsetzt.