Boeing Is the Canary in the Trickle-Down Coal Mines

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The author quotes a different article multiple times throughout. Here’s the source article: https://democracyjournal.org/arguments/what-really-wrecked-b...

Great way of putting it.

I wonder if the total money made covers the 100s of billions lost indirectly to management consultant style operations.

Opinion: It never will. Boeing could have been a 100+ year firm; their prior engineering organization was nothing to scoff at. They could have pivoted to a dozen industries and made it work.

Again opinion - The returns don’t make up for the longevity potential Boeing had.

> Boeing could have been a 100+ year firm

Boeing was founded in 1916 so is currently just shy of 108 years old

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