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One of the big issues here is that once employees start selling common stock, the strike price of the options can no longer be set at a large discount to the latest valuation as it…

I agree it sucks for anyone to lose their job, but using that as an excuse for xenophobic policy is a non-sequitur. Do you honestly think there would have been a national uproar ag…

>> Private companies have a greater motivation to maximize profits than public entities do. Corrections officers unions have strong motivations to keep prison populations high as w…

This doesn't really answer the question since I could point to hundreds of scandals at publicly run prisons ( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/nyregion/even-as-many-eyes... ) Pris…

Is there any reason to believe that private prisons are significantly worse than publicly run prisons? I agree that the U.S. is badly in need of major reforms in its criminal justi…

Why should hiring managers be required to give you preferential treatment vs. someone born in a much poorer country who happens to be willing to do the same (or, likely, better) wo…

Maybe not, but even if not, why are you so sure that would be bad? Let's say the foreign workers would have made the equivalent of $20k in their own country but will now make $60k …

Why does your cost-benefit calculation not include the benefits to those foreign workers who are allowed to compete for jobs in the U.S.? The academic literature* shows much, much …

I'd be open to hearing your criticism of policies that allow Disney to have [American] workers train their foreign replacements that don't invoke any sort of xenophobia or racism. …