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It isn’t everyday that mega-corporations act outside of their own financial interest. It simply...
Category Archives: history & society
capitalism 2.0
Social entrepreneurship is at the heart of Capitalism 2.0, and the country’s leading minds...
private risk, public reward
An expanded look at the role corporations and hospitable business environments have played in...
factors of destruction
In this recent Times OpEd, Rochester economics professor Steve Landsburg points out how easily...
Tata Nano and the Birth of a Middle Class
CAMBRIDGE, MA–It’s been a pretty stellar decade so far in the world’s largest democracy....
War Wearied
The American public has responded in similar and predictable ways to each of the country’s three major conflicts since World War II.
check republics
“That’s what Chess is all about,” insists renegade Grandmaster Bobby Fischer. “One day you...
the rise of global corporations
This paper was written for quite possibly the best combination of professor and class...
knowing the right beards
“Know thyself, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” In the case...
the enemy of my enemy
After an inhospitable welcome at Columbia University and a defense of Iranian intentions in...
walking
An indictment of the sedentary class, excerpted from an 1862 essay by Henry David...
who knew?
The Ford Foundation’s Values and Grant Letter The Ford Foundation and the organizations that...
to kill a mockingbird
Sober words from one of this primary’s lesser known Democratic candidates, on the benefits...
commencement
Words of worldly wisdom from the Commander in Chief at the Coast Guard Academy...
the darker side of ethanol
As politicians and investors cast their enthusiastic support behind the legislation and technology necessary...
obama’s long tail
Speeches like this remind us of why partisan politics is often no better than...
principal’s message
“During 1967 we were proud to identify ourselves as Canadians. In celebrating our country’s...
the big boom
Another great piece of well-deserved fear-mongering from the keyboard of a financial doomsayer, who...
a history of violence
“Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First, it makes you drunk, then it makes you...
creature comforts
This piece in the OpEd section of the Wall Street Journal could be written...