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Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles | 04/15/13
Ruchir Sharma
Which countries will be the next big thing? Most follow a four-point cycle, says Sharma: "You have economic crisis. They carry out economic reforms. After they carry out economic reforms, some sort of boom takes place. Then complacency sets in, and then you get back to having a crisis." So beware! Economic development is extremely hard to sustain.
Thought Leader: Nancy Birdsall | 03/15/13
Nancy Birdsall,
Devin T. Stewart
"I believe that improving other people's lives everywhere is not only, or even mostly, about ensuring they have services, but ensuring that they are participating in a system that is accountable to them and where they have voice about decisions that affect them. Leadership is about working with people to maximize those choices."
Thought Leader: Tomas Sedlacek | 03/08/13
Tomas Sedlacek,
Devin T. Stewart,
Anna Kiefer
"To use the New Testament sort of logic, who is my neighbor? Today that extends not only to your family or your literal neighbors. We know much more about the situations of poor people in China or India or Africa, and so the scope of ethical responsibility today has grown to some global measures."
Thought Leader: Alan S. Blinder | 02/28/13
Alan S. Blinder,
Devin T. Stewart
"Democracy is a code word or an accompaniment of freedom. The relevant part of freedom in this case is freedom of enterprise, freedom to work where you please, freedom to move for better opportunities, and the freedom to get education."
Why and How the Euro Zone Crisis Will Be Solved | 10/24/12
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard,
Julian Harper
Danish economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard offers a contrarian take on the euro zone crisis. While he notes that there are political problems within the European Union, he argues that the crisis is an opportunity from which Europe will emerge more integrated and resilient.
Ethics Matter: Dambisa Moyo on How Aid to Africa is Harmful | 09/24/12
Dambisa Moyo,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Aid has failed to create economic growth, says Moyo, and allows governments to evade their responsibilities. So when people say that aid provides essential services, they're missing the point. Except when disaster strikes, governments should be responsible for their citizens, not the international community.
Thought Leader: Dambisa Moyo | 09/05/12
Dambisa Moyo,
Devin T. Stewart
"Moral leadership to me is about selflessness. But in a world of personal aggrandizement and short-term-ism, I do fear that we'll see less moral leadership and perhaps more of what we don't want."
Thought Leader: Mary Ellen Iskenderian | 09/05/12
Mary Ellen Iskenderian,
Devin T. Stewart
"I'm a huge believer in role models. I think that pretty much any woman who gets up and puts herself out there, whether she wants to be or not, is a role model."
How Much is Enough?: Money and the Good Life | 06/18/12
Robert Skidelsky,
Edward Skidelsky,
Joanne J. Myers
Our obsession with amassing ever more wealth is actually robbing us of the good life, argue Robert and Edward Skidelsky. They identify seven basic needs that together make up the good life and lay out some radical social proposals to achieve them.
The "How" of Business Ethics in the Financial Sector | 04/04/12
Mary C. Gentile,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
With his public resignation letter, Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith lamented "the decline in the firm's moral fiber." How can financial managers strengthen the ethical backbones of their organizations? What can a junior-level employee do to influence the firm's direction?
Finance and the Good Society | 04/03/12
Robert J. Shiller,
Joanne J. Myers
Despite the financial industry's bad reputation in the wake of the financial crisis, finance could be one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems. How can we harness it for the greater good? Robert Shiller has some groundbreaking ideas.
Ethics Matter: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women's World Banking | 03/21/12
Mary Ellen Iskenderian,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
CEO of Women's World Banking Iskenderian explains why investing in women makes so much sense. She also tackles the recent critiques of microfinance and discusses how it is evolving.
Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead | 03/19/12
David J. Rothkopf
David Rothkopf issues a wake-up call to Americans: We have to drop our knee-jerk, partisan attitudes and ask, "What will produce the kind of society that we want to have?" We also have to stop assuming that U.S. capitalism and U.S. views will be dominant in the future.
Creating an Ethical Business Culture | 03/06/12
Adlai Wertman,
Alex J. Plinio,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Two business school leaders discuss ways that different schools are injecting business ethics into their curricula. "What you have to do is to have the courage to define success for yourself, with the understanding that your success may not be the same one as that of your classmates."
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs | 12/09/11
Jeffrey D. Sachs,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs | 12/06/11
Jeffrey D. Sachs,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.
Ethics Matter: Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis | 12/06/11
Susan Davis,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served--over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
Ethics Matter: Economist and Development Expert Jeffrey Sachs | 12/05/11
Jeffrey D. Sachs,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles
of freedom, justice, and equality.
Philanthropic Foundations, Think Tanks, and Development: Understanding and Assessing the Think Tank Initiative | 11/21/11
Karthik Nachiappan
Can think tanks really facilitate growth? How robust are the Think Tank Initiative's evaluative and accountability processes? Measuring how the TTI fares will not only enable us to gauge the venture's efficacy, but also help us to better understand the role that philanthropic foundations play.
Ethics Matter: Microfinance Pioneer Susan Davis | 06/29/11
Susan Davis,
Julia Taylor Kennedy
Microfinance started as a movement for social justice and women's equality and gave birth to an industry, says Davis. This gave rise to scale, efficiency, and large numbers of people being served--over 150 million of the world's poorest households.
