Economic Downturn Creates Asymmetric Generational Shock
by: Dick StroudWhat a great sounding title? Maybe it’s a tad pompous? What it means is that as the sky falls in and the economic and financial structure of the West disintegrates, the old and the young...
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Finding Equity in Labor
by: Jonathan Salem Baskin(note: this is part 3 in this week's 5-part series on the brandification of our lives) Earlier this year, I wrote that Karl Marx was prescient when it came to explaining the...
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The Economics of Happiness. What's Your Strategy? Life Needs to Have a Triple...
by: Idris MooteeI turn 50 today so it is a good time to think about important things. How about happiness? My office is full of happy (also creative and smart) people and sometimes I don’t know why...
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Carbon Pricing (Cap and Trade/Carbon Tax) Is Just One Piece of the Puzzle:...
by: Michael HoexterIn 2006 in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the economist Sir Nicholas Stern called climate change, “the greatest market failure the world has seen.” Throughout...
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Charles Darwin and Business Innovation
by: Dominic BasultoToday officially marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking work, The Origin of Species. At...
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by: John WinsorI'm just back from my first TED conference and am still buzzing from the energy and learning. It's going to take a few days to make sense of all of the wonderful things that were shared....
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Considering the Mind: Mini-reviews of “Buy-ology,” “Free Market Madness,”...
These three recently-published books take research on cognitive science and behavioral economics and apply it to business and public policy. A common theme – people aren’t particularly logical, and...
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Corporations Should Create a New Role: 'Chief Social Engineer' Accountable...
Very crazy weeks with 8 key projects in critical phases and we're excited on every one of them. MIT Global Challenge is one of my favorite since day one as it is a great idea to bring the brightest...
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Marketers – Should Start Popping the Red Pills
Have you ever had that feeling that things are not what they seem? You know, out of the corner of your eye you get a glimpse of a reality that disappears in a flash. The world seems to jog along OKish...
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The Continued Economic Decline of the West - Ahhh
Many years ago I worked as a consultant for PA Consultants. A few years after I left and the company was in serious problems (the two are not connected) it employed a new CEO called Jon Moyniham. He...
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