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- 01 Dec 2008
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No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
federal regulation. So my bottom line is we need a financial product safety commission that ensures some basic safety for American families.” Don’t Expect CEOs in Handcuffs Harvard economics professor...
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- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
intrinsic economics of the situation led to a major collapse,” explains Sandwen. Almost immediately after the crash, a chastened industry began to emerge. Congress rewrote the tax code and put tax-loss syndicators out of business. The S&L industry tanked, forcing a...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery
commissioned independent investigations to understand exactly how things had gone so wrong. They interviewed employees, partners, donors, and competitors to tease apart what was working, what wasn’t, and what the NGO’s future should look...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
glaring trade imbalances, and soaring political risk, particularly in the economically crucial, oil-exporting regions of the world. The key to this seeming paradox lay in China. Chongqing, on the undulating banks of the mighty earth-brown...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose...
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- 15 Mar 2019
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A Model of Drive and Impact
first person in the world that swam between Senegal and Gambia. I had to cross the Gambia River. There are strong currents; there are crocodiles. It was a nine-hour swim of 30 kilometers. And I was very happy, because I could donate the money to teenagers from the...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
federal estimates, only 11 percent of its subsidized fertilizer reached poor farmers; middlemen skimmed off much of the rest, often to sell to big farmers with deep pockets. The NAFCON factory closed in 1999 and fell into disrepair. It...
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- 01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi
Allawi Illustration by Jack Unruh After spending much of his adult life in opposition to Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime, London-based businessman Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) couldn’t say no to an old friend who called to offer him a Cabinet-level position — minister of View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message
Amazon books on its site. The affiliate then receives a commission for books Amazon sells through these links. Barter exchanges, also called link exchanges, entail the trading (with no money exchanged) of...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill
staff exactly what kinds of challenges Pine Mountain faced and how he planned to meet them; conducted a series of town hall meetings to reestablish trust with the community; and commissioned a strategic assessment to identify the school’s...
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Faculty Retirements
for six years. In addition, he chaired Harvard's International Senior Managers Program in Vevey, Switzerland. Over the years, Hayes has consulted for a number of corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, the...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Off Your Shoes: One Man’s Journey from the Boardroom to Bali and Back by Ben Feder (MBA 1991) Radius Book Group A hard-charging CEO of a large enterprise, Feder discovers that he is losing the very things...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It
Federal Express, OPEC, Russia's Communist Party, and Harvard Business School. The War that Changed the World When alumni were asked the "most significant event/development for business" over the last 75 years, the top votegetter among all...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes
corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently...
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Garry Emmons
- 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
constitution, restricting tribal citizenship to those listed in the "Cherokee by Blood" section of the Dawes Rolls. That set off a series of lawsuits, with a federal court ruling in favor of the Freedmen in 2017, a decision reaffirmed in...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
in Utah to convert Mormons to traditional Christian belief. After the Mormons acquiesced to federal laws against polygamy and federal pressure to secularize Utah’s governance, the religious conflict over...
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- 28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union
working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One...
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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
morning with guns drawn. They seized every server and desktop computer. They are telling us nothing. Not only is our website down—it is in federal custody.” Holy s#$@. With no clue as to what was going on, the company was toast. Why would...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
so. When Verdant began deploying prototype turbines in the East River nearly 20 years ago, for instance, the company’s actions raised immediate concerns among fishermen and federal regulators. And while the startup proved that its...
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