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Productivity and the Ills of Slow Growth
Productivity and the Ills of Slow Growth Articles • October, 2016 Recently at a series of talks held jointly with Deloitte, I pursued Robert Gordon’s - an economist at Northwestern University - line of thinking that global economic stagnation [...]
Bloomberg: There’s No Such Thing as an Economic Miracle
Bloomberg: There's No Such Thing as an Economic Miracle The story of the tortoise and the hare has inherent moral lessons for kids. Perhaps what is less talked about is its application to corporate growth and macro-economics. Denmark, described as “gloriously boring” in its economic growth (averaging some 1.9% [...]
4 Lessons from Underdogs
4 Lessons from Underdogs 4-lessons-from-underdogs I admit I get a thrill when minnows cause an upset. Although the Icelanders’ fairy tale eventually ended with a defeat to the French this morning (but the Welsh continue on their magical trip) they made more progress than everyone predicted or gave them a chance. [...]