Commentaries

The best and worst cities rated in terms of “Ease of Doing Business”

October 8, 2021

I came upon this article in The National Law Review (October 2021) and hope you also find it of interest. * * * The Arizona State University Center for the Study of Economic Liberty recently released Doing Business North America 2020 (DBNA), a…

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What You May Not Know About Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

October 7, 2021

Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space-opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford,…

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Sunday Reading: Prodigies

October 7, 2021

Here is a brief item contributed by David Remnick to The New Yorker. To  check out other articles and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Getty Images * * * The prodigy is an eternal source…

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The Future of Flexibility at Work

October 6, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patricia Gettings, Ellen Ernst Kossek, and Kaumudi Misra for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The wit and wisdom of Frederick Douglass

October 6, 2021

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, 1817-895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous…

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Transformation in uncertain times: Tackling both the urgent and the important

October 5, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Darius Bates, David Dorton, Seth Goldstrom, and Yasir Mirza for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Our Brains Were Not Built for This Much Uncertainty

October 3, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Heidi Grant and Tal Goldhamer for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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The wit and wisdom of Cass Sunstein

September 30, 2021

Cass Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, where he is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He is by far the most cited law professor in the United…

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“Is the world better off because your business is in it?”

September 30, 2021

In Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take, Paul Polman and Andrew Winston explain how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take. Their vision of net positive “is a business that improves well-being…

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Understanding the onset of hot streaks across artistic, cultural, and scientific careers

September 28, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article by Lu Liu, Nima Dehmamy, Jillian Chown, C. Lee Giles & Dashun Wangfor Nature Communications that I think you will find especially interesting. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up…

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