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01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

the polls instead of their hearts or brains. They listen more to political consultants than to voters. Our short-term-maximizing politicians fail to tackle longer-term societal challenges such as climate change or unaffordable entitlement... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

And it makes even less sense today than ever before. There was a recent Gallop poll that showed that 96 percent of college presidents say their graduates are ready for the workforce, and 11 percent of employers agree. We see this all the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union

below this that gets politicized, but issues like voting access, gerrymandering, and better disclosure of money in politics enjoy very high public support. There’s a lot of polling to suggest that Americans basically agree on those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

capabilities for trials. And the group is looking even further ahead. Planning is already underway, with options including six national vaccination centers in the United Kingdom in addition to making the vaccines available at neighborhood View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons

Lincoln—already besieged by personal and political difficulties—weighed his options, knowing that a loss at the polls would almost certainly mean a permanently divided nation. By late August, Lincoln faced a crisis as great as any other... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

driver how they feel about the new government, and you’re likely to hear a very different perspective. An October 2019 poll by the Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of the population are frustrated with the way democracy is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

of their convictions, not on the basis of polls or popularity. People who admit mistakes, ask for help, and do what they say they are going to do. Leaders at every level of an organization who take responsibility for their actions,... View Details

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