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"Pain makes us loyal, and the surest way to improve the performance of a product is to raise its price." The Frontal Cortex on our irrational devotion to the things that vex us most.
"With interest rates near zero, the US Federal Reserve and other central banks are struggling to remain relevant." Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz discusses monetary policy.
"Social entrepreneurs are creating multibillion-dollar businesses globally." Forbes reports on social entrepreneurial projects that turn profits while bridging cultural divides.
"Scientists in China have developed a strong, highly conductive carbon yarn that could be used to make spacesuits, bullet-proof vests, and radiation suits."
"Happiness, like knowledge, and unlike belief and pleasure, is not a state of mind." University of Texas at Austin philosophy professor David Sosa on the requirements for felicity.
"A new language of pictures may be precisely what we need to tackle the world’s biggest challenges." Wired Science looks at the power of visual thinking.
"Research suggests that the telecom regulation approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age."
"The fact that government is creating by far the most jobs for young educated workers is a signal of just how weak this recovery has been."
The theory behind the substance graphene was first explored by theoretical physicist Philip Wallace in 1947 as kind of a starting point when he was doing research trying to understand […]
That’s funny, because I don’t think that bigots should be senators. [Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.]
Financier Steven Rattner saved the U.S. auto industry. Or he didn’t. It depends on whom you ask. But either way, without government intervention last year, Rattner says the auto industry […]
Dr. Gary Marcus, a psychology professor at New York University, says we should develop a "Google-like" chip that could be implanted in our brains to enhance human memory.
In an exclusive Q&A, a former pimp reveals details about how his business was organized, how much he made, and how he kept a stable of women working for him.
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Firms interested in recruiting and retaining talent and leaders should keep in mind the draw and potential of China.
Good morning from a drizzly Ohio! Been a rather quiet news for much volcano news so far – well, that is beyond the reawakening of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. I […]
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We cannot allow the financial sector to simply run amuck, says Rattner. The consequences of not having enough regulation “are way greater than whatever we might sacrifice by having it.”
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The former “auto czar” says working in government requires a much more collaborative, consultative, compromising management style than working in the private sector.
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If American taxpayers hadn’t spent $82 billion to save the auto industry from economic collapse, “it’s almost impossible to imagine how big the devastation would have been.”
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To save the auto industry, Washington needed a group with financial and restructuring skills–and somebody who had a sense of Washington even if they hadn’t worked in the government.
This is the third guest post by Trina Stout in an AoE series on the communication strategies surrounding Colorado’s Amendment 62 – a ballot initiative that, if passed, would grant […]