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- Mar 2012
- Article
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
The United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends--indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
signal to people that there will be demand in the future and things are going to get better. The way to send that signal, in his view, was through deficit spending. If the government borrowed heavily and spent the money, that would send a... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
bills?" As Cesar Franco put it, "Relying on individuals to invest their pension proceeds themselves is a mistake. I help people with their finances...and can tell you the majority of people are not ready for that responsibility." For that reason, he... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
the federal level. Would government be better served by having more business leaders in office? A: I don't think that a business school professor can offer unbiased advice on who should run government.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
fellow at the New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, means big. He wants an American federal government that raises taxes on almost everyone and everything to fund up to $500 billion... View Details
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
time. As the federal government and other states gear up for the next annual open enrollments campaign, they could learn from Connecticut's example. By the very fact that everyone is equal under the law,... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
elections, a fact that has helped Moret attract the talent necessary to address the range of issues, from the over-reliance on federal government jobs in the metropolitan DC area to the need for new industry... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
the end, that’s what an effective government does: It provides services to citizens and gives them the basics to do better. Today’s system creates fewer and fewer of those opportunities to move up,” says Ballou-Aares, who was selected as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
Richard America’s analysis of the crippling legacy of racial discrimination in the United States was underscored by a study released last summer. In the wake of a spate of riots in urban America in the 1960s, a federal View Details
- Web
Class Profile | MBA
reflects our student demographic data as reported based on federal government guidelines. Per these guidelines, all students who identify as Hispanic / Latino and any other race are represented as Hispanic /... View Details
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
unlikely issue for professors in a business school to take on, but they say they are lucky that HBS independently funds much of the research conducted by its faculty and doctoral students. That’s important, since in 1996 the US government... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
feel and be much compelled to shore up the core strengths of government. Our federal government must deliver with competence and strong coordination on all of its basic functions, especially these days. It... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Working on the Local Level
highest income taxes in the country. It's a particular challenge when we try to get either companies or professionals to locate in Maine. “It's an exciting time to be working in a state. I think the federal View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
Cavallo suggests that American companies—and more recently, consumers—are bearing the brunt of the trade war with China, whose government has been retaliating with its own import tax increases. US exporters, particularly farmers selling... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
government can work together to create jobs.” "We've made a lot of progress on the macroeconomic front: deficit reduction, balancing the budget, what the Fed is doing, and tax policy reform," says Mills. "But that doesn't... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
energy or saving the planet. If the federal government had said this will be our equivalent of putting a man on the moon, which energized the economy and the country under John F. Kennedy, we could be the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Harvard Business School Professor J. Gunnar Trumbull balks at the ubiquitous idea that the concentrated power of a few billionaires controls public policy and government regulation. Exaggeration of the impact of big business on public... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
freedom of individual choice should always trump government intervention but, perhaps more so than in other developed countries, this sentiment enjoys widespread support in America. The government should not... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the government should not be in the business of helping some small businesses and not others. The editorial writers reinforced their view of SBA by pointing to President Obama’s proposed reorganization of View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills