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The Economic and Social Impact of Language

Mills Scofield

This has profound implications for our innovation and economic success and national security. Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. Angela Maiers Brown University Culture Economic Development Education Innovation Language Leadership Learning' should ours!

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared.

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S. which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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Science And Research Should Be Seen As Critical Infrastructure

The Horizons Tracker

As governments attempt to recover from the Covid crisis, there has been an understandable desire to invest in infrastructure to place nations on a sound footing for the future. GDP, in part due to the intrinsic uncertainties about the ultimate impacts of basic research.”. As the high technology sector (e.g., New knowledge.

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