We're starting to see the term -- "gender fatigue": we've been talking so long about female equality in the workplace that it feels like arguing that women should have the right to vote.
Pressure is growing for the president to make a "recess appointment" of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This would make sense politically, but what matters a lot more is that it would also be an excellent move for the country.
Parking spaces are far and few in between. Highways are choked with bumper-to-bumper traffic. Even car washes are rare. Still, people buy. The question is, "Why?"
The state of the world is fraught with unprecendented imbalances and tremendous risks, and institutions are struggling to keep up with the changing times. Our only way out will be to make decisions that consider all stakeholders.
The president needs to ban Lockheed Martin and all other government contractors that get more than half their revenues from government from engaging in any political activities at all. Taxpayers shouldn't be paying for this lobbying.
Marriage is increasingly becoming a marker of class -- the delayed marriages of the middle class produce steadily lower divorce rates, very few non-marital births, and substantial resources to invest in a falling number of children.
If we do not want Chevron to follow, Chevron's shareholders must demand the same protections provided here in California -- a moratorium on offshore drilling -- be provided nationally and, if possible, internationally as well.
If you are looking to dramatically transform your organization then you might want to consider the idea of bringing in managers who don't fit the traditional mold.
Amidst this tough economy, and perhaps because of it, many young people are trying something bold: they're starting a business.
Government incentives can allow greater freedom of choice and, unlike government grants, do not require an annual public request for funds.
Wishful thinking for a windfall to save you might be nice, but -- bottom line -- it's your daily habits that got you where you are now. If you want to get someplace better, you've got to begin by doing things differently.
Historically the IMF Managing Director has been European and the World Bank President American but nowhere in the "Articles of Agreement' is this mentioned. So where did this bias come from?
It is a hard business. But the fact is that a successful job search requires far more work than anyone expects. Looking for a full-time job is a full-time job in itself.
A recent report calculates $67 billion a year less in home interest payments are being made than in early 2008, giving credence to what some have been writing since 2009: a dollar not sent to Wall Street is a dollar to be spent on Main Street.
The linkage between monetary policy and oil prices raises questions for how a consistent domestic energy policy can be implemented if critical energy market price signals are distorted by linkages with monetary policy.
Google has certainly profited from selling advertisements to rogue pharmacies, but that's just one of many areas where Google sells unlawful advertisements.
Now, there are good reasons to be angry about how Congress has handled Social Security. But the popular narrative about the raid on the trust fund isn't one of them. Because the story isn't quite true.
Detroit built a car as early as 1953 that would run on any number of fuels, some of which could have been manufactured here. What if the turbine car had gone into wide scale production? Would we still be tied to petroleum?
Successful flacks know how to use a variety of public relations tricks to obscure the truth -- being selective in the disclosure of information, for instance, or using statistics in misleading ways. But sometimes that can backfire.
Dr. Peggy Drexler, 2011.05.21
Rich Tafel, 2011.05.20
Ron Ashkenas, 2011.05.20