“They’d been trained to make a tangible thing, and to sell the thing for a little more than the thing cost to make, and then to use that profit to pay people, make better things, and slide a little dividend… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“No matter how much money you had, your children attended the public schools or the small Catholic one and made friends across the economic… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“The nation-state at best is based on the social contract that is also an emotional contract, stamped by the charisma of the past.” —SVETLANA… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“Monomoy sent what was left of Lancaster’s once-grand, 110-year-old employer into bankruptcy court while it made off with millions and the employees walked their… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“People can become so frustrated, so discouraged, so mystified about what happened to the communities they love and about what they can do about… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“the idea was to make product,” he said. “Working for the community, for the United States, maybe for the world.” Then America decided none… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“Americans wanted cheap stuff—and the harder they shopped for the cheapest stuff, the more they helped drive down the wages of people who made… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“They’d been trained to make a tangible thing, and to sell the thing for a little more than the thing cost to make, and… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“As embarrassing as poor management may have been, though, it was a far better excuse than the alternative theory: EveryWare’s debt was so deep… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“You know the way the world works?” Brian asked. It’s like that old Warner Bros. cartoon with Ralph the wolf and Sam the sheepdog.… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
“the standard private equity playbook: jawbone the unions, cut costs even at the price of damaging longer-term success, do a sale-leaseback of real property… — Brian Alexander Copy Share Image
