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Business-GOP alliance fraying as CEOs oppose voting limits

April 14, 2021

On Wednesday, hundreds of companies’ executives joined in a new statement to call out Republican-sponsored voting bills that they say will curtail voting access in several American states. Republican leadership, including senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, have criticized corporate activism in the past, calling for businesses to “stay out of politics.” Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and an expert on consumer activism, says conservatives’ resistance to business leaders making political statements suggest a shift in the traditional alliance between corporations and the Republican Party in the U.S. Glickman is author of “Free Enterprise: An American History” that chronicles the history of “free enterprise” as a cornerstone of conservative politics.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Arts and Sciences

Trump adopts liberal policy: Direct payments to 'grease the economy'

March 17, 2020

Larry Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University, says the sudden interest in direct payments as part of a coronavirus economic relief package signals a shift from conservative to liberal ideas.

Law and Policy
Economics and Business

NRA boycotts lay bare US consumers' economic leverage

March 1, 2018

Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and author of “Buying Power, a history of consumer activism in America”, comments on recent boycotts against companies that work with the NRA.

Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy
Arts and Sciences
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Impact on the economy and industries

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on economic productivity, inequalities as well as specific disruptions to various industries. 


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