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The More Climate Skeptics There Are, the Fewer Climate Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

In the absence of such carbon taxes, global carbon dioxide concentration levels are likely to continue to rise. But how does the presence of climate skeptics affect the market for climate-related innovation? The higher the market demand for a drug, the greater the probability that at least one drug maker conducts basic research.

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But when it comes to achieving the goal of doubling exports in five years [a goal Obama outlined in his 2010 State of the Union speech ], we already did the easy part: because our exports were so depressed due to the global financial crisis, we saw growth in the first couple of years. He's not going to achieve his goal.

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