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- 22 Feb 2018
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Economists cannot avoid making value judgments
- 15 Apr 2015
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Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?
- 04 Jun 2012
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What is 'Creating Shared Value'?
- 13 Dec 2015
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The Truest Measure of America's Progress
- 19 Jul 2018
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Why Don’t We Always Vote in Our Own Self-Interest?
- 05 Nov 2019
- News
Can the Robin Hood Army Grow with Zero Financial Resources?
- 01 Mar 2014
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Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic effects of people increasingly...
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- 12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission
drove it to Sacred Heart Mission in nearby St. Kilda where it became soup and solid meals for hungry families in need. “The role of the food is not just feeding people. It also helps them get back into society,” says Carson, who cofounded SecondBite, a surplus food...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
such as workers facing decreased wages or losing their jobs. RDT: The elite, in general, have overclaimed the advantages of economic globalization. For example, in trade, globalization is potentially helpful for everyone, but for that to be true, there needs to be a...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2005
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The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money
benefit the rich to reduce inequality? How so? Inequality drains capitalism of its robustness, of its opportunity to spread prosperity. It’s not a matter of reducing the take of the rich to redistribute it to the poor. It’s a matter of...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
just one story. It's the kind of work that should go on throughout the country." Addressing questions about the future of technology, Doerr stated that the Internet is not only the key to social change but also to economic growth and income View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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America the Unequal
whether different forms of wealth redistribution — for example, raising the minimum wage, or longer-term interventions like reducing disparities in education — are less likely to evoke heated opposition and perhaps increase advocacy for...
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- 01 Apr 1998
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Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
utilizes the one asset that exists in abundance in even the poorest and most fragile social sectors - people's self-initiative. It increases the productivity of the person engaged in economic activity, thereby creating new wealth, rather than depending on the View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government and business, she said, cannot...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2008
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Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
rich” and a highly visible wealth gap could mean for political stability. In Latin America, they’re concerned that economic progress may not be fast enough nor redistribution of income sufficient to forestall more Chavez-type leaders....
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- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso