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February 2006 (Revised October 2006)
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China: Building "Capitalism with Socialist Characteristics"

Describes China's phenomenal development from a poor, communist country to a global powerhouse. Provides background on China's history and culture, details the reforms launched in 1978 by Seng Xiaoping, and describes the situation as of 2006, focusing on the... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Government and Politics; China

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September 2002
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Pricing Road Use: Politico-economic and Fairness Considerations

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Hannelore Weck-Hannemann

Keywords: Price; Government and Politics; Economics

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Government and Politics; Energy; Competition; Energy Industry

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Comparative Mining Taxes

By: Louis T. Wells, Meyer Bucovetsky and Malcolm Gillis

Keywords: Mining; Taxation; Mining Industry

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27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

political stability. How Can My Foreign Assests And Resources Be Protected? Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments After a string of forced nationalizations of private enterprises in the 1960s and 1970s, the pendulum swung back... View Details

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Working Paper

Optimal Illiquidity

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Christopher Clayton, Christopher Harris, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We calculate the socially optimal level of illiquidity in an economy populated by households with taste shocks and naive present bias. The government chooses mandatory contributions to accounts, each witha different pre-retirement withdrawal penalty. Collected... View Details

Keywords: Illiquidity; Commitment; Flexibility; Savings; Social Security; Retirement; Government Legislation; Taxation; Saving

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14 Oct 2010
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Jobs Bill Misses Mark

Sometimes good politics and good policy just don’t mix. Take the Small Business Jobs Act that President Obama recently signed, for example. A bill that purports to create jobs is good politics just before a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Dec 2022
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Research Brief: Pocket Change

Illustration by Jim Frazier Women and ethnic minorities donate small amounts of money to political candidates in ways that have helped to democratize the American electoral process, suggests Associate Professor Vincent Pons. In his “Small... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2008
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

TUMULTY: “Rather than challenge voters, politicians look for the lowest common denominator.” In the following article, the first in a series of occasional opinion pieces by HBS alumni who are professional writers, Time magazine’s national View Details

Keywords: Government

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

discusses common assumptions about pre-revolutionary China, from both an economic and a political perspective. (Footnotes have been deleted.) Economics At mid-century, Chinese revolutionaries and many foreign scholars believed that China... View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

partner—Vladimír Železný, an experienced and politically connected television executive—managed to divert the entire value of the underlying entity for his personal benefit. After court battles escalated to the level of international... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

December 1998 (Revised July 2010)
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Passive Activity Losses

By: Henry B. Reiling, Mark Pollard and Kevin Wall

Discusses the historical context, purpose, primary mechanical features, and effects of the passive activity loss rules. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry

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01 Mar 2010
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Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying

In the early 1970s, as Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) graduated from HBS, Islam was flexing both religious and political muscles that had long been dormant. It came to a head with Iran’s 1979 revolution, an uprising against the ruling View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

insurance premiums for the average plan are expected to rise by 9 percent in 2017. Aetna’s decision prompted commentary from both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans see it as proof that the public exchanges simply won’t work,... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

Summing Up Low-skilled immigrants: burden or opportunity? Immigration is apparently a topic that stirs passions globally, judging from the responses to this month's column. As Nauman Lodhi pointed out, "Tough times give rise more than ever to tough thoughts... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Editorial

United States: Where's the Strategy?

By: A. Zelleke and Justin Talbot Zorn

Keywords: Barack Obama; National Strategy; White House; Strategy; National Security; Government Administration; United States

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01 Mar 2004
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The Business of Babies

surrogate mother have the right to change her mind and keep the baby she’s carrying?) and the political climate becomes more accepting of the role science can play in creation (with cloning the most radical example), the market cannot... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2012
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Faculty Books

professionals must make a critical shift in their mindset: from hours worked to results produced. (See page 18 for a Q&A with Pozen.) Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests by Gunnar Trumbull (Harvard University Press)... View Details

2022
Case

Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

When Donald Trump announced his run for president in 2015, he placed immigration front and center in his campaign. He promised to drastically expand U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and build a border... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Immigration; Public Opinion; Ethics

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