Americans Divided Over a Divided America
Jim Hancock explores the perception of the economic gap in America.
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A Story of Economic Discovery
David Warsh has given us a non-technical survey of the theories of developmental economics from Adam Smith’s great work by a similar name down to the present day.
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Al Serra Chevrolet Doesn't Get It!
Dan Wooldridge writes about the continuing need for men in business to actually understand and practice what it means to give respect to women.
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Economic Possibilities for Our Time
A challenging vision for how world poverty can be ended in the next twenty years.
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The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
A sourcebook on the hard facts shaping our future. 44 concise analyses.
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How it will be created and how it will change our lives
The authors of the acclaimed Future Shock describe how tomorrow’s wealth will be created and by whom. They describe how the deep fundamentals such as time, space, and knowledge are different in First, Second, and Third Wave economies.
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The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation
We’ve moved from trade between nations to a finely-tuned, interconnected, and highly specialized global economic system. America is so outsourced that an earthquake in Taiwan can bring computer assembly lines to a halt in Texas.
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The history of business is emblazoned with the names of individuals and small collectives who altered the climate for everyone. In every instance these people’s behavior ratified their beliefs.
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Regional Advantage in a Global Economy
Like Jason’s mythic quest for the Golden Fleece, the new economic landscape is being conquered less by policy makers, global investors, and multinational corporate behemoths than by legions of modern day Argonauts –
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Cal Berkeley’s AnnaLee Saxenian has a clear vision of how the global economy is being transformed, and she has revealed it in The New Argonauts (2006, Harvard University Press).
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Business Thinking and Worldview
A tip of the hat to Stephen Colbert for coining the word truthiness; a wag of the finger at businesspeople who settle for predigested business thinking. Truthiness fits our zeitgeist. And nowhere better than the world of commerce.
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What should be the heart of an economic system?
Generosity, not taking should be the heart of an economy and business. Which spirit drives your business?
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Everyday Economic Indicators
Nine economic observers recently told the New York Times about the everyday indicators and hunches that check and balance their assessment of the official numbers.
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