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Manufacturing is our vital link to prosperity.
Radio listeners freaked out when Queen’s six-minute magnum opus Bohemian Rhapsody debuted in the 1970s. Now the sprawling rock anthem is proving too much to handle for a new group […]
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The Former Finance Minister of Japan assess the U.S. Treasury’s strategy for financial stabilization.
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Big Think and the Berkman Center present Jonathan Zittrain’s discussion on principles of online privacy.
Web 2.0 has hundreds of sites to help artists collaborate. Sites like Indaba and WeBooks host communities where artists can connect and work on creating music or writing the next […]
Three simple rules that might make "politician" a less dirty word.
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The Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, Thomas Cooley, on how technology innovations will fuel the new economy.
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Dean Thomas Cooley on opportunities and leadership during a crisis.
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Dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, Thomas Cooley, on how to navigate an expansive, global regulatory environment.
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The President of Emirates Airline discusses the skills necessary to be an effective leader in today’s economic environment.
GroundReport‘s CEO comes to the Big Think studio today to discuss all things related to the hyperlocal world of citizen journalism. Post your questions for Ms. Sterne here. Prior to […]
Statistician extraordinaire Hans Rosling is back on the presentation circuit with data that suggests reorienting the debate over the success of AIDS prevention could be a wise next move. Unveiling […]
Etched deep into the DNA of the Anglo-Saxon diaspora is a boundless sense of economic entitlement. Such has consistently been the world’s criticism of the west for months now. Some […]
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Duke Professor Peter Feaver on Obama’s national security policy.
China ranks first, and India comes in a close second. This is how we have long imagined Asia’s two largest countries in all of their superlative categories. However, in a […]
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The chairman of McKinsey Global Institute details the challenges and opportunities emerging within a new global regulatory environment.
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The chairman of McKinsey Global Institute analyzes how technology is catalyzing business successes—and failures.
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Lenny Mendonca, chairman of McKinsey Global Institute, discusses how companies can learn from the current economic crisis and build better businesses for the future.
By outlining his near and long-term legislative priorities in a publication read by graying intellectuals and Left Bank expatriates, Arlen Specter may have been trying to tell us something. His […]
Thinking people intolerant of network television newscasting have sought refuge in PBS for generations. Now public television’s flagship news program, NewsHour, is going 2.0. Among the changes set for September […]