“The nation-state at best is based on the social contract that is also an emotional contract, stamped by the charisma of the… — Brian Alexander History 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… — Brian Alexander Children 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… — Brian Alexander Social contract 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… — Brian Alexander Justice 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… — Brian Alexander Business 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… — Brian Alexander Discouraged 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… — 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… — Brian Alexander Craftsmen 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… — Brian Alexander Lion 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… — Brian Alexander Better things Copy Share Image
