The Inequality Merry-Go-Round Built By Stanley Tools

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In this day of AI smart tools, it’s easy to forget that we humans once relied on “dumb” hand tools like saws, drills, screwdrivers and wrenches. For decades, a major maker of these trusty instruments has been a company in New Britain, CT, appropriately named The Stanley Works. Today, having taken over other big brands like Craftsman and Black & Decker, Stanley is a $15-billion-a-year conglomerate. Many former workers are asking, “Stanley works for whom?” […]

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Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
Populist author, public speaker and radio commentator Jim Hightower writes "The Hightower Lowdown," a monthly newsletter chronicling the ongoing fights by America's ordinary people against rule by plutocratic elites. Sign up at JimHightower.substack.com.