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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
“Some Democrats view Medicare as a successful cost controller, pointing to its low administrative overhead, which they peg at 3 percent. But that figure ignores an inconvenient truth: Medicare’s unfunded liabilities, estimated at about... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
traced to the proliferation of information and to the technologies, systems, and infrastructure built to convey it. Americans’ commitment to democratic ideals, their fascination with technology, and their commercial and entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Tim Keller, Heavy Metal Mayor
Mr. Keller, 40, a Democrat who took office in December, is making his enthusiastic embrace of heavy metal a signature feature of his administration, introducing metal bands onstage at gritty downtown venues, publicly extolling the music... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
27-year-old African-American candidate will face current mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former mayor Sheila Dixon, and a growing field of other candidates in the April Democratic primary, which has historically served as a predictor of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
President Kennedy had been shot. I was on the fourth floor of McCulloch, just coming out of class. That night I’d planned a “Retire John Kennedy” party and decorated my hallway with posters, just to throw it back in my Democratic friends’... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting rate in... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
1999. Bringing back Glass-Steagall, however, is an idea attracting some high-profile congressional advocates, including Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell. Writing in the Financial Times, HBS senior... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
into Moss’s analysis and recommendations. Warren and two Democrats embraced Moss’s views on the need for a systemic risk regulator. But the two Republican members issued a dissenting minority report. The partisan clash of views... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
long-term survival rates of companies that are sold under these Section 363 sales are no different than those that have traditional reorganizations—with new debt or equity provided to all creditors through a slower, more democratic... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
employing an engineering team to create a web application that applies natural language processing, machine learning, big data, and data visualization algorithms to make conflicts with trademarked names immediately visual, accessible, and searchable. “We wanted to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
modern day requires distributed leadership and decision making. “The democratization of data is critical to creating an organization that is agile and can continuously learn,” Hill notes. But regional gatherings also highlighted issues... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
the Public Broadcasting Service, the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Teach For America. Fellows also did their part for organizations and governments in several other nations, including the Democratic Republic of Congo,... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
clearly delivering on HBS’s mission to make a difference in the world during the pandemic.” — Matt Segneri Executive Director, Harvard Innovation Labs Other student teams that responded to the pandemic include June Motherhood, which aims to View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
to build the partnerships necessary to deploy the technology if testing proves successful; the Arctic Ice Project will not make that decision itself. “We need to build a global governance coalition so that democratic organizations can... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
something that would be enjoyed for pleasure and education by people all over the world.” Despite meticulous preparations, Main Wilson has sometimes found himself in some tight spots. “I have had a gun pointed at my head in the DRC View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
more equitable distribution, with the richest 20 percent owning just 32 percent of the wealth. That’s a more equitable distribution even than in countries that Americans typically consider as highly equitable, such as Sweden. This was true of View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world’s democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters pick their leaders through the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
HBO series Generation Kill; J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy; former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen (AMP 109, 1991); and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Barcott also sought the advice of two current Congressmen who are also... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
suffering that they’d go through, over 62 percent say yes. They stand very firmly behind the desire to institute a more democratic and open system in Syria. Gunnar Trumbull: Seen from the perspective of receiving countries in Europe, two... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
dominance versus global or Western engagement. The regime’s sober assessment tipped the choice for negotiated political reconciliation, global engagement, and democratic economic governance. Nigeria is moving away from oil, and... View Details