They don’t make ’em like that anymore. Now there’s a statement that typically generates one of two reactions: either an “Okay, Boomer” eye-roll or a constructive debate. In Jump-Starting America, co-authors (and fellow MIT economics professors) Jonathan Gruber & Simon Johnson instruct on how the post-World War II collaboration between the federal government, universities, and the private business sector sparked…
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Book Report – The Responsible Company by Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley
“Every company is already at work,” write Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley in The Responsible Company, “to dismantle a creaky, polluting, wasteful, and increasingly expensive industrial system.” Here’s hoping! Naturally some are trying harder than others, like Patagonia which Chouinard founded with his trusty co-author by his side. Their book is a slim, spirited guide to doing the right thing,…
Book Report – The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson D. Schwartz
Growing up as I did – big family, big house, big neighborhood – there was plenty of chaos yet no clearer rule: you cut, I choose. When we’d tussle over that king-sized Charleston Chew, no one could argue the core fairness of one of us dividing said Chew and the other picking first, ensuring a perfectly divided Chew. Kids could…
Book Report – Pharma by Gerald Posner
On the same day I prepared to review Pharma by Gerald Posner, I tested positive for COVID-19 (or what the wittiest among us call Corona). Figure I had it coming for one of three reasons: too few “Hope you’re staying well during these unprecedented times!” messages in the inbox to ward it off; too much belief that plagues miraculously disappear…