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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
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
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
consequences of distribution. DR: There is no doubt that there is an overall gain. But the question is, who gains? Who loses? The concentrated interests affected negatively by free trade in some industries or regions lead to requests for protection through trade... View Details
- 14 Oct 2010
- News
Jobs Bill Misses Mark
background helps bring Lerner’s view into focus. Politicians love to talk about how small businesses are the jobs engine of the economy. So passing a bill with small business loan guarantees and tax write-offs for equipment investment... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Nathaniel Greene (OPM 42, 2012) (Eric Fogg) For over a decade pundits have decried the dysfunction of American politics, and politicians have promised that, if elected, they’ll bring about the change we need. Cynical about such promises,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
election process, from moving to a single primary ballot for all candidates to instituting nonpartisan redistricting. They also propose restructuring the governing process by aligning legislative and governance rules with the public interest; shifting the incentives... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
viewpoint. But she’s not trying to turn the world upside down. If she sees a good idea, she tries it,” he explains. “That’s the only way to make a dent in Japan’s old-fashioned health care system. No politician would risk his career... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
All Aboard
management is essential, too. Another key is public support. “I think the public is way ahead of the politicians on this,” Gunn observed in the Toronto Star (July 7, 2002). “They drive, and they know what's happening out there. I think... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
they don't always translate well into politics, Tumulty believes, "in part because politicians are held to a level of second-guessing and criticism that no corporate executive would tolerate." Since Tumulty's days at the Light, the media... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
newspaper editorials and letters in support of the bill and were frequent visitors to the statehouse, where they met repeatedly with undecided assembly members. The support of so many prominent businesspeople gave wary politicians a very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
making public information more public. A big part of my job is to hold corporate America accountable to ensure DEI is more than a sideshow or a check-the-box commitment. Our goal is to help and assist, not to embarrass. I’m looking for a partnership. View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
“myth of laissez-faire” that has been promoted by wrong-headed economists (Milton Friedman), opportunistic politicians (including Bill Clinton), and poor readings of history (even antigovernment presidents, including Jefferson, used... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
We’re bringing religion and some very personal terms into it. A whole series of fissures that have sat quiet in this country for a long time can be revived if there isn’t space for moderation. What can be done to bring the country together? Every View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference
parlayed into the planning for Shanghai. “For my sins,” he jokes, “I was appointed the chairman of the speakers committee for the GAC.” The conference, “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business,” will present entrepreneurs, professors,... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled glass and cement. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
recently been the headquarters of a drug dealer known as “Tarzan.” It was a symbolic gesture, Rodríguez Larreta acknowledges, but an important one. “Our biggest obstacle was the lack of credibility. For years, [residents] have had View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
nefariousness of individual politicians and political parties. It’s the structure and rules of the political game. Political marketing is “do or die.” Candidates typically represent one of only two viable choices for voters and face a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Decline by Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills Cambridge University Press This book reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
and able to assimilate any degree of diversity. What European politicians are realizing is that the tools they had for assimilation and building a multicultural society are really under deep stress now, and so you see the rise of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
cofounder of the global investment firm GMO, recently observed in the context of governmental inaction on climate change, “We face a form of capitalism that has hardened its focus to short-term profit maximization with little or no apparent interest in social good.”... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
about how venture capitalists fund companies, they usually do it in stages, giving a little money to start, waiting for it to percolate, and maybe doing a midcourse correction. For the public sector to do that, politicians have to accept... View Details