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- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
that looks at both the H1-B restrictions and the executive orders that Donald Trump issued in April 2017. We found that led to an erosion of $100 billion of valuation for US companies. Finally, the US is... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
Intense preparation helped Hillary Clinton command the podium in her first debate with Donald Trump in September 2016—the most-watched presidential debate in US history. In one of the debate’s most memorable... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. But it’s not just businesspeople who palter. Donald Trump has done it. Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, too. Chances are you have paltered. “People seem... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements
truthful statements, but trying to move away from what’s being asked.” During the 2016 presidential race, Gino says, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton paltered in attempts to distort the story to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
posted a dance to Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” other fans imitated the dance, others elaborated on the imitations, and eventually Lizzo began using the dance in stage performances. Poking fun at politicians. Fans recast the meaning of video clips in the news. Politicians... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
no closer to addressing the underlying causes of systemic racism. Two months ago, a mob of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the US Capitol, which had a far smaller law enforcement... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made irrelevant." Other suggestions ranged from View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs
and Chi Wan and Alptug Yorulmaz, associate professor and graduate research assistant, respectively, at UMass Boston. Measuring fear during the Trump era The paper looks closely at two different sets of data. The first is the Migration... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
well-documented by law enforcement groups, advocacy organizations, and public surveys in the United States since COVID-19 upended the world in 2020. In March of 2020, then-President Donald Trump dubbed... View Details
- 02 Sep 2016
- Op-Ed
The Twitter Election
Every four years, a new American presidential campaign gives a fresh boost to social media. This year the winner is Twitter. Donald Trump has racked up 11.3 million Twitter followers (and counting) compared... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
After Donald Trump won the US presidency in 2016, many Americans who hadn’t voted for him wondered: What exactly motivated so many other voters to choose him? It was a question right in the research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
"We are the 'piggy bank' that everyone wants to take advantage of," President Donald Trump told his 61 million Twitter followers in May, days after he hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
Yesterday, President Donald Trump endorsed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan proposed by Republican United States lawmakers to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as... View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
shifts are apparent in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump, a Republican, has recently been trying to soften his anti-abortion position amid signs he may be... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 02 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
After many on and off signals, President Donald Trump pulled the trigger March 1 and announced he would slap long-term duties on steel (25 percent) and aluminum (10 percent) imports next week. The last... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
friends—but employers seem hardly to notice the trend. Joseph Fuller discusses why companies should support them. Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?American President Donald View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
back in vogue in Washington D.C. House Republicans will start to fill in the details on a tax proposal ultimately expected to reach a thousand pages. The goal is to get the bill signed into law by President Donald View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
companies and their shareholders. It’s no secret that companies with similar financials often pay very dissimilar amounts of tax in a given year. The same is true of individuals. One need look no further than Republican presidential nominee View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
(again) American political leaders have repeatedly tried and failed to stem spiraling drug costs. US President Donald Trump said in May that he expected drugmakers to voluntarily cut their costs, providing... View Details