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- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
head back to a former position. They’ve also launched UIHelp.org, to help people navigate unemployment insurance through the pandemic. Since April, the site has helped more than 140,000 workers find benefits... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
unemployment situation in India remains dire, with 17.8 million of the nation’s 1.34 billion people unemployed, according to the United Nations International Labor Organization. “Much work needs to be done,”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Children’s Health Insurance Program [SCHIP] that was rolled out in 1997. Its goal was to insure children who were not covered by private insurance, but whose family income disqualified them from Medicaid.... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Sustainable Success Story
County property. “Big picture,” he notes, “this was 2009, and we were newcomers in a rural area where the unemployment rate was 15 percent. We wanted to protect the forest for future generations, but we also started wondering if there... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
with programs related to strengthening education, the parliamentary system, job creation, and investment. But as the top part of society is going one way, things can still slip in the other direction if problems on the Moroccan street like View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
illustration by Pablo Amargo illustration by Pablo Amargo There is a doctor shortage in the United States, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which predicts that the deficit could increase to more than 90,000 doctors by 2025. Meanwhile, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
providers, abetted by legislators and insurance companies, have made it virtually impossible for them to succeed. Unlike any other U.S. industry, consumers do not set prices, yet they provide all the money through taxes for government... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Sharing the Road
transparently available to the car owner, we also rely heavily on insurance as a product. We today work with some of the largest insurance companies in the country to be able to ensure that every car user is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
drug and the FDA says it is safe and effective and doctors prescribe it, insurance generally will pay for it. But everyone is getting fed up with that approach—the ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli did not help—and we’ve reached a critical mass... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
have the experience, or maybe one of their friends does, of “Hey, I rented my car to a stranger, and it worked out well.” As more people have those experiences and they talk about it with their friends, it’s going to help them trust in these systems. What can we do to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
involving some 300,000 individuals in Europe and the United States over the last 25 years. Participants were asked to describe their state of mind by selecting one of three answers: “very happy,” “fairly happy,” and “not too happy.” The authors found that the... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
he confessed. “You need soldiers, not generals.” All emphasized the importance of action over PowerPoint presentations and laboring over the “static” text of a prose business plan. “Creating companies is not something you do in your head... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
(http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2009/june/toobig.html) is the best way to head off future financial meltdowns and deal with institutions that are too big to fail. Specifically, he advocates: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
United States. Fuller collaborated with labor market analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies—led by CEO Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999)—to identify occupations best suited for the apprenticeship model. One criterion: The occupation must... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
Tom Coburn (R-OK), writing on health-care reform (Huffington Post, April 27, 2009). “True reform will require both moving toward universal insurance coverage and restructuring the care delivery system. These two components are profoundly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
doctors, and we brought in insurance specialists to help people make insurance and FEMA claims. When you reopened the Long Beach plant on September 9, did everyone get right back to work? The first thing we... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very competitive with China because labor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
and Ruins by Norman Brown (MBA 1958) (Sunstone Press) Life Insurance in Asia: Winning in the Next Decade. 2nd edition by Stephan Binder and Joseph Luc Ngai (MBA 1999) (Wiley) In Pursuit of Great AND Godly Leadership: Tapping the Wisdom of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
to offsetting the financial costs of those unique needs. PS: Right. And as unemployment grows, the number of subscribers that private insurers will have is likely to go down. Even so, the difference between... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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Where the Jobs Are
With U.S. economic recovery limping along and unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the Washington debate over regulatory and tax policies needed to spur economic revival has shifted into high gear. Outside the Washington Beltway, among... View Details