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To Be Effectively Digital, We Need to Be More Human
I sat at the dining table on Christmas Eve, ready to meet my aunt at her favorite steak restaurant. When she arrived, she seemed frustrated and exclaimed, “Marvin, I don’t understand what is happening. I need to make a medical appointment and pay my bills. I can’t seem to do that now.” It was not […]Explore all Articles
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Boosting Innovation in Low-Income Communities
09.19.12
Abstract: Public policies to boost economic development in low-income countries or communities (LICs) are focused on either outward-oriented strategies (e.g. foreign technology transfer, tax incentives to attract foreign MNEs) or inward-oriented strategies based on expensive R&D expenditures. But such strategies are generally not viable in the context of LICs. This paper proposes an innovation strategy based […]
The Disparity Bubble: How Inequality Fed the Financial Crisis
04.1.12
BY JAMES WALSH One of the painful lessons of the Great Recession has been that markets do not operate in a vacuum. They are influenced by a variety of external factors, including socioeconomic dynamics, norms of behavior, and institutions. Conversely, the market also has the capacity to shape our politics and society by creating and […]
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