Tag Archives: Hostess Ho-Hos

The Twinkie defense… Is management or labor is less deserving of the blame in the Hostess liquidation?

By Mark | November 19, 2012

A few days ago, upon hearing that Hostess Brands Inc. was going out of business, I posted the following, assuming that it would just be a matter of time before folks on the right started floating conspiracy theories involving Michelle Obama and her “nanny state” jihad against junk food. As my friend Steve Cherry quickly […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized | Also tagged asshole CEOs, Bakery, Confectionery, conspiracy theories, game theory, greed, Hostess, junk food, King of Kona, labor, Michelle Obama, nanny state, Teamsters, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union, twinkie defense, Twinkies, unions, Wonder Bread | 10 Comments

Attend an urban gardening potluck, and avoid the cannibal holocaust

By Mark | January 4, 2010

Whenever I start to get a little too optimistic about the future, and I want to regain my foothold in the word of dystopian pessimism, I like to check in with author Jim Kunsler. Jim, for those of you who don’t know him, is the author of such books as The Long Emergency: Surviving the […]