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As a child, NYU’s Zuckerman was entranced by Ben Casey, a flashy small screen surgeon. Decades later, he realized his hero was exactly the kind of doctor he didn’t want […]
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A conversation with Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases and 2009 President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Kaiser Permanente digitized everything from medical records to doctor-patient visits. CEO George Halvorson describes the process and how it transcends technology.
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George Halvorson believes in the power of information technology to transform the American health care system. So why isn’t it front and center in the current debate?
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Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized country. Yet why does the debate totally ignore this point?
With the American health care debate in full force, Big Think thought it an opportune time to put together a package on the subject. Today we roll out two interviews […]
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From crime capital to financial mecca, Bob Lieber has witnessed a New York with many personalities. What will its future hold after the supposed end of the Wall Street era?
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With midtown Manhattan at capacity, Bob Lieber is focused on developing other parts of the city. Here’s why he thinks the Bronx is poised for growth.
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He thinks our country needs a wake-up call a little bit about how we're positioning ourselves.
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Bob Lieber spent his entire career at Lehman Brothers. Now he makes a dollar a year as Deputy Mayor for New York City. How did he manage for the new […]
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Deputy Mayor of Economic Development what the first extension of a subway line financed by the city will bring.
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A Conversation with the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development for the City of New York.
As most any musician will tell you, the music industry just isn’t what it used to be. While there are a variety of reasons for this decline, the classical pianist […]
With all the sturm und drang about Tiger Woods and (his) infidelity, it might be worth remembering William Blake's celebrated poem, The Tyger. The poem has nothing to do with […]
David Wessel, economics editor of the Wall Street Journal, sat down with Big Think for our series on the economic crisis, What Went Wrong? When talking about the cleanup that […]
Nearsightedness has become ever more common in rich nations, most dramatically in Asia--80 percent of young adults in Taiwan and Singapore are myopic, where a couple of generations ago only […]
Ed Koch, the former three-term mayor of New York City, visited Big Think yesterday afternoon and lived up to his reputation as the quintessential New Yorker. He spoke of his […]
The city that never sleeps is also the city that forever changes, making its future notoriously impossible to predict. Recently a number of our experts tried anyway, gazing into their […]
Last night officials began “chemotherapy treatment for the Great Lakes” when it began poisoning sections to do away with the invasive Asian carp.
One of Wall Street’s best-paid bankers, Hugh McGee, is trying to get his son’s teacher fired after she allegedly branded investment bankers as “sleazeballs”.