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Engineering professors going to waste!
The misapplication of the concept of competition provides cover for all this waste. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | July 25, 2018 A large percentage of the average engineering professor’s time is wasted. This unhappy circumstance arises because … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Commercial Waste, Competition, Duplication, Engineering, Henry Mecredy, Rag Bloggers
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BOOKS | ‘The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America’
Rick Wartzman reviews the socioeconomic history of the U.S. since World War II with empathy for the employee class. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | October 18, 2017 [The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Books, Henry Mecredy, Labor History, Rag Bloggers, Socioeconomics
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BOOKS | Tracy Kidder: ‘The Soul of a New Machine’ revisited
It’s a fine tale of a product development project that unfolds in secrecy, in a mild paranoia born of corporate competition. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2017 Hands, that the rod of empire might have … Continue reading
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Camaro: Successful, but a waste
What possible need was there for another car like the Mustang? By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | December 20, 2016 This is Henry Mecredy’s second Rag Blog article about design, function, and the social good in automotive engineering. … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Industry, Automotive Engineering, Capitalism, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, Henry Mecredy, Rag Bloggers, Social Good
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The Edsel tragedy
Ford was able to command vast numbers of person-hours of labor but these creative efforts went entirely unmanifested in social good. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2016 The Edsel, a car introduced by Ford in … Continue reading
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Tagged Automotive Engineering, Automotive Industry, Capitalism, Ford Edsel, Henry Mecredy, Rag Bloggers, Social Good
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