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To prepare for the next calamity, business strategist Jim Collins suggests being "fanatically disciplined" all of the time, not just during tumult.
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Best-selling author of "Good to Great" and "Built to Last," Jim Collins reflects upon his childhood and constant professional struggle.
An article from the New Scientist claims that people’s barriers to thinking more greenly are mostly psychological. People are more likely to adopt green attitudes if (1) they think their […]
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David Cutler explains the burgeoning friendship between Obama and insurance companies.
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David Culter discusses America’s difficulties in solving big social problems.
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David Cutler describes the need for new medical technologies and pinpoints the sectors are poised to deliver these changes.
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David Cutler details the three common features of today’s successful industries, and explains why healthcare falls short on each of them.
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The Harvard economist, David Cutler, outlines healthcare’s biggest inefficiencies, and explains how to solve them.
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Big Think Interview with Harvard Professor of Economics, David Cutler.
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David Cutler, Professor of Economics at Harvard, explains how an emphasis on cutting costs has made us lose sight of the most important issues in healthcare reform
In an age where people would rather speculate as to which classic novels would make the best video game rather than, you know, actually read the books, teachers and parents […]
What is the difference between Global Warming and Climate Change? The meanings of the terms have become hidden because of all the political innuendo attached to them.
If a bear does his business in the woods and nobody is there to see it, did it in fact happen? I am reminded of this parable amid calls from […]
New developments concerning two of my previous posts demonstrate how financial strategies (the same kinds we lament Wall Street has been using) are being implemented in the art world. The […]
The secret is out the bag…We are in a recession. Unfortunately there has been a tremendous amount of economic and personal suffering. My girl Helen Keller, okay not my girl […]
What is your definition of Art? Whatever it is, I am most certain Otis Green's differs slightly. Take a look inside
In April 2007, Michael Vick was implicated in an unlawful dog fighting ring that operated over a period of five years. In August 2007, he plead guilty to felony charges, […]
The gossip mills go crazy for a celebrity dying before their time, and that was just as true in the 18th century as it is today. But instead of Michael […]
When it comes to thinking big, it doesn’t get much bigger than determining the most significant year in human history. The Economist’s MoreIntelligentLife.com has launched a poll asking visitors to […]
There's a certain Wild West mentality that reigns supreme on the internet. That could all change with a precedent-setting court ruling on a recent name-calling incident. Former Australian Vogue cover […]