“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 BOYM, The Future of Nostalgia” — 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 wages and benefits backwards in time. Lancaster’s social contract had been smashed into mean little shards… — 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
