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- 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 2025
- News
Patch Work
The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
it, and to do that, we need more tourists from North America and other places. To achieve that, we must work hand in hand with local politicians and the public administration, one thing we’ve not done so well to date. The people of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
away from the coastline. That does not mean we’re less committed to this region, or the plant, or the people here. We actually need a second site for growth. Are you optimistic about the future of New Orleans? The future of New Orleans and the region depends upon the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
decades of politicians building up their careers by tearing down Washington and belittling civil servants, she replies, “When people who run against government arrive here, they undermine preparedness and professionalism by underfunding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
uses a venture philanthropy model that makes early- and growth-stage investments in NGOs focused on high-quality, affordable schools; human capital development; technology in education; and school accountability." "When the business community speaks with one voice,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
impact, greater than that of most politicians I hope to offer business leaders some inkling of this impact: that what they do now is, in Abraham Lincoln’s words, not just for today “but for a vast future” as well. Did you enjoy working on... View Details
- 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
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
and unambiguous research, he makes clear the devastating consequences of growing up poor: living in poverty, even temporarily, is detrimental to cognitive abilities, emotional control, and the overall health of children. The cost to society is incalculable. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
the country in a very short amount of time.” While it has already been approached by politicians and leaders from across the country who want EMRI to expand emergency response in their home districts, EMRI’s leaders have been careful to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
pay for poor performance wasn’t just an AIG phenomenon. On Wall Street, it was endemic. Bankers gave themselves nearly $20 billion in 2008 bonuses, even as the economy was spiraling downward and the government was spending billions on bailouts. 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 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
political theater of the last quarter century. One might think these moments were cases of bad luck, but King argues they were symptomatic of our broad appetite for public embarrassment, the media’s business imperatives in satiating that craving, and the propensity of... 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 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Southern leaders. On August 19, he drafted a potentially momentous letter to a Democratic politician and newspaper editor, ending the communication with this proposition: “If Jefferson Davis wishes...to know what I would do if he were to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
arena,” Baer explains. “We’re still in the early stages, but a project such as this could create a vibrant new neighborhood and be of strong economic benefit to the region.” When he talks about the city, Baer can sound more like a View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Bakoyannis, serves in parliament and was mayor of Athens during the 2004 Summer Olympics—a position now held by her son, Kostas. Dora’s first husband, the politician Pavlos Bakoyannis, was assassinated in 1989 by members of the militant... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley was 40 years old, on a 13-hour flight to Asia. (“It’s really dangerous to leave a man that age alone with too much time to think,” he says.) His dream of becoming a politician was over, he realized, but media could offer a... View Details