Wall Street's War on Workers
Book • 2024
Les Leopold's "Wall Street's War on Workers" examines the detrimental effects of stock buybacks, deregulation, and financialized capitalism on the working class.
The book details how these factors have normalized mass layoffs, shifting the balance of power towards corporations and away from workers.
Leopold argues that this system enriches CEOs and hedge funds while harming communities and creating widespread job insecurity.
He proposes policy solutions to address these issues and restore economic balance.
The book provides a critical analysis of economic policies and their impact on society, advocating for worker rights and economic justice.
It serves as a call to action for readers to engage in the fight for fairer economic practices.
The book details how these factors have normalized mass layoffs, shifting the balance of power towards corporations and away from workers.
Leopold argues that this system enriches CEOs and hedge funds while harming communities and creating widespread job insecurity.
He proposes policy solutions to address these issues and restore economic balance.
The book provides a critical analysis of economic policies and their impact on society, advocating for worker rights and economic justice.
It serves as a call to action for readers to engage in the fight for fairer economic practices.
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as a book exposing how stock buybacks, deregulation, and financialized capitalism have made job cuts a tool for enriching CEOs and hedge funds.

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Wall Street’s War on Workers (with Les Leopold)