The missing piece of the climate puzzle
In classrooms and everyday conversation, explanations of global warming hinge on the greenhouse gas effect. In short, climate depends on the balance between two different kinds of radiation: The Earth...
View ArticleManaging investment flows in developing markets
When the U.S. Federal Reserve first mentioned in 2013 the prospect of a cutback in its bond buying program, markets had a âtaper tantrum.â Many emerging markets saw large increases in volatility,...
View ArticleA breakthrough in healing joint injuries
We live with the same cartilage — the tissue that connects our joints — for a lifetime. And since we canât readily make new cartilage cells, we had better figure out how to keep what we have...
View ArticleWhat history can teach us about the G20
To understand what the G20 is for, and measure its success in Brisbane, requires a sense of the history of economic crisis and change. Recurring crises have shaped global institutions across the...
View ArticleBusting five myths about natural resources
Misconceptions about one of the most serious and widely discussed topics on the global agenda are at the heart of the World Economic Forumâs recent report, The Future Availability of Natural...
View ArticleWhat Spain can teach Poland about temporary jobs
The political and economic transition of post-communist Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries brought major improvements in GDP per capita, productivity, incomes, and living standards. But...
View Article12 ways to boost your productivity
TalentSmart has tested more than a million people and found that the upper echelons of top performance are filled with people who are high in emotional intelligence (90% of top performers, to be...
View ArticleHow to learn from supply chain mistakes
By their nature, significant supply-chain disruptions demand a swift and multifaceted reaction, but the response to near-misses should go beyond a sigh of relief. In supply chain, as elsewhere, a...
View ArticleWhy do computer programs have bugs?
Legendary Dutch computer scientist Edsger W Dijkstra famously remarked that âtesting shows the presence, not the absence of bugsâ. In fact the only definitive way to establish that software is...
View ArticleHow to tackle counterfeiting
Counterfeiting is the practice of manufacturing products, often of inferior quality, and selling them under a brand name without the brand ownerâs authorisation. Even though counterfeits are sold at...
View ArticleWhere next for Europeâs banking union?
November 4 marked an important milestone in the Eurozone â the ECB took on direct supervision for the 120 largest banks and indirect supervision for all other banks. This came after a rigorous...
View Article5 ways to succeed in the digital revolution
In every sector, business models are quickly evolving in the face of technology. That opens up vast opportunities to operate more efficiently, develop completely new services or business models, and to...
View ArticleWhat caused the Eurozone crisis?
There is a wide disagreement about the nature and cause of the Eurozone crisis. Some see it as driven by fiscal indiscipline, some emphasise excessive private leverage, while others focus on external...
View ArticleThree reasons weâre running out of water
How do we explain the fact that while only 43% of the worldâs population can turn on a tap at home and expect clean drinking water to come out, 96% have access to a mobile-phone connection? It...
View Article6 ways to succeed as a new leader
Leaders tend to be closely identified with the organizations they lead. So much so, in fact, that it’s easy to overlook the fact that leaders can change jobs just like anyone else. And most do, sooner...
View ArticleDo we need to limit financial speculation?
The word âspeculationâ carries a connotation of negativity. And itâs probably fair to say that pretty much every financial crisis since the tulip mania of the 1630s can be attributed to some...
View ArticleWhy we need to abolish fossil fuel subsidies
The number of chances that the world will have to address climate change is dwindling. One of them comes with this weekâs G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, where leaders of the worldâs advanced...
View Article9 steps to hiring top performers
Back in the late 80s, my search firm started offering a one-year guarantee on every candidate that was hired through us. This forced us to work very hard at figuring out what drove on-the-job success....
View ArticleWhy Europe needs to invest
Following the publication of the International Monetary Fundâs latest World Economic Outlook, high-profile economists like Olivier Blanchard, Larry Summers, Mario Monti, and Reza Moghadam have...
View ArticleHow does Britain benefit from being in the EU?
Whichever way you look at it, the UK is going through a stormy period in its relationship with the European Union. David Cameron has promised to renegotiate the UKâs relations with the EU and toÂ...
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