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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
made big contributions, too. Although the “49ers” chose a miner heading for the Gold Rush as their class emblem, growing up during the Depression gave them a different perspective on wealth. Their initial salaries averaged only $4,000,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
certainly anticipated something very large because the parallels are not just with the Great Depression but with the financial crisis of 1914, which in many ways was more spectacular. So, this was a case of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
from depression to optimism,” explains Kanter, who says she grew up “thinking that Americans have a special responsibility to improve the state of the world.” While her agenda is ambitious, Kanter notes, “The country can accomplish a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
The rapid changes at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup highlight the problem many firms face as they consider succession. What we are seeing should be surprising and disturbing to us all: At investment banks of great importance, the board of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
including Dollar Shave Club, Rent the Runway, and “pay as you fly” insurance for drone flights. Finally, the authors outline the challenges in adopting these new models and offer guidance to overcome them. Spirituality After Harvard: My Path Out of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
the 1929 stock market crash revealed disastrous investments made by his superiors, Weinberg, who became head of the firm in 1930, worked tirelessly throughout the Great Depression and World War II to keep... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
management itself, the times seem ripe for reopening the question of what exactly this institution is for, what functions we as a society want it to perform, and how well it is performing them. Great View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
in New Orleans. And it creates an opportunity for someone like Bolden, who doesn't have the education, who hasn't been given the economic opportunities, to still be innovative and to let talent be the great leveler. And that's music. So... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
dominant architect of the building boom in the early 20th century. But the Depression ended all that. Nothing like 740 or 834 was built for another 75 years. What newer additions to the New York skyline will future generations be... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
when the economy comes back? I think people’s mindsets have been changed by this recession. How long it will last, I don’t know. People who grew up during the Great Depression were frugal throughout their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
phenomenon in the United States. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and World War II, there was a very high percentage of recent immigrants in the United States, and home ownership was beyond... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
was tempered by lingering economic fears: one poll indicated that nearly half of all Americans expected that within a decade, another depression would devastate the country. With the health of the peacetime economy now the nation's top... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
capitalism “survived the Great Depression.” But did it get out of the Depression on its own or through the help of the state, in the form of the New Deal? If market capitalism gets through the present... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
company to still lose money, Byrnes explains how managers can rethink their business for maximum profit. Along the way, he punctures such harmful myths as revenues are good, costs are bad; all customers should get the same great service;... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
The period before the Great Depression saw the rise of economic forecasters, pioneers who used the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. Friedman, director... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
income, adjusted for inflation, was 300 percent higher than in 1869. Combined with the early 20th century’s rise in leisure time, the use of installment credit, and advertising, Americans acquired a taste for consumer goods and recreation. Even the View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
communities which were literally going into Great Depression style economies, environmentalists, forest companies, First Nation governments, and the landowner-- which in Canada is the provincial government,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
banking panics roughly every fifteen to twenty years,” explains Moss. When the Great Depression struck, it was “in a league of its own” in severity and governmental response, he continues. With the banking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
Oakland to inquire about franchise opportunities. Founded during the Depression by William Dreyer and Joseph Edy, Dreyer’s had established a Bay Area reputation for premium quality and inventiveness, dating back to the debut of its Rocky... View Details