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- 01 Jun 2012
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What Industrial Policy?
R&D eventually follows. The right policies Supporting American manufacturing does not mean, as many critics assume, advocating an industrial policy of “picking winners,” subsidizing dying industries, or... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
the scourge of too big to fail. One is to break up the largest financial institutions, possibly with a new and improved Glass-Steagall law. The other is to perfect a bankruptcy process for super-sized financial firms so they can fail safely without the need for View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar
most recent work was with the government of Myanmar, which recently emerged from decades of military rule with a planned economy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell talked to David about his experience in Myanmar, and what the process of private... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
"contrary to popular wisdom, government involvement with private-sector risks is nothing new." Moss noted that public-risk management goes back to the earliest days of the Republic and cited policies such as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Power of National Identity
hundred miles east of Moscow, then Lithuania cannot be the geographical center of Europe. But in the post-Soviet era, beliefs about national identity don’t necessarily have to be true to be powerful.” Abdelal asserts that the remarkable variety of foreign economic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
Informally, Moroccans want us to respect their religion and their culture and to recognize that countries are different and should not be lumped into groups. Is popular support in Morocco for militant Islam increasing? The government has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
year, Taylor hasn’t succeeded in using his military service to outflank his opponent. Edwards is a hawk on military matters, voting for the first Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq. Local veterans praise his efforts to safeguard their benefits. While Taylor stands with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of the people. If you systematically... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prescribe solutions for policy and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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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
- 24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves
governments, NGOs, foundations, and other international development organizations, to enable more effective decision-making. IDinsight has offices in three countries and works across a diverse set of development sectors. In India, IDinsight is helping to improve a $200... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post
HBS associate professor Laura Alfaro is taking a leave of absence from the School to serve as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in her native Costa Rica. At 38, Alfaro, who has no prior service in Costa Rican public... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
and, as he puts it, "get reality on the table." Since 1996, as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and, currently, as a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C., Baker has conducted research on and... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
Bezos’s Blue Origin was still three years away from launching its first test vehicle. Today, Morgan Stanley estimates that the global space economy is worth $350 billion—and projects that it will grow to $1 trillion by 2040. Garriott de Cayeux says that the change from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
failure of the free-market system, but more so the result of decades of misguided government policies that interfered with the functioning of that system.” Nonetheless, the panel’s two Republicans call for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq
deterred by concerns about their employees’ security and worries about Iraq’s future oil policies. Where the majors see difficulty, we see opportunity. Iraq can still be fixed, if policies are adjusted now. Few are nostalgic for the days... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
deeply committed to making government more responsive and are drawing on insights from their prior careers—Braun as a former state legislator and the founder and CEO of Indiana-based Meyer Distributing, and Harder as a former vice... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 17 Sep 2021
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
the world,” he says. In early 2017, Wang cofounded Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based startup that streamlines the immigration paperwork. The company’s online applications translate the arcane language of government documents into... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
confined mostly to entrepreneurs? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5887.html. Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy Who you know and how much money is in your pocket have always been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
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Strange Bedfellows
goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions — expensing of investments, for example — were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating... View Details