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CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives
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CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives

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April 18, 2025
The U.S. trade deficit: It’s time to dump do-it-yourself economics and go back to basics
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The U.S. trade deficit: It’s time to dump do-it-yourself economics and go back to basics

BYSteve H. Hanke and Caleb Hofmann
April 18, 2025
Genesys CEO: How empathetic AI can scale our humanity during economic uncertainty
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Genesys CEO: How empathetic AI can scale our humanity during economic uncertainty

BY
April 18, 2025
Why federal funding for life sciences—now being slashed—is a strategic necessity for America
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Why federal funding for life sciences—now being slashed—is a strategic necessity for America

BY
April 17, 2025
Sainsbury’s reports healthy growth despite fears of a supermarket price war
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Sainsbury’s reports healthy growth despite fears of a supermarket price war

BY
April 17, 2025
Here’s the advice I’m giving wealthy clients through tariff fears and market uncertainty
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Here’s the advice I’m giving wealthy clients through tariff fears and market uncertainty

BY
April 16, 2025
The only way some manufacturing jobs will return stateside is if AI-empowered robots do them—and that’s a good thing
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The only way some manufacturing jobs will return stateside is if AI-empowered robots do them—and that’s a good thing

BY
April 16, 2025
How to restore confidence in the U.S. dollar—and why it’s faltering in the first place
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How to restore confidence in the U.S. dollar—and why it’s faltering in the first place

BYSteve H. Hanke and Matt Sekerke
April 16, 2025
Why an AI energy crisis may not unfold how you think: IBM sustainability chief
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Why an AI energy crisis may not unfold how you think: IBM sustainability chief

BY
April 16, 2025
Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by over 80 past and present college and university presidents
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Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by over 80 past and present college and university presidents

BY
April 15, 2025
The real reasons the CEO-worker pay gap spiraled out of control in America—and what to do about it
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The real reasons the CEO-worker pay gap spiraled out of control in America—and what to do about it

BYClaudio Fernández-Aráoz and Greg Nagel
April 15, 2025
OpenAI can’t afford to ignore Hollywood’s warning
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OpenAI can’t afford to ignore Hollywood’s warning

BY
April 15, 2025
Capitolis CEO Gil Mandelzis.
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Capitolis CEO: We lose many great candidates because of our in-office policy—but we are still better for it

BY
April 14, 2025
How Snowflake’s cofounder learned to not panic under pressure and avoid making bad decisions
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How Snowflake’s cofounder learned to not panic under pressure and avoid making bad decisions

BY
April 14, 2025
It’s time to reimagine health-care education
Partner Commentary

It’s time to reimagine health-care education

BYKaren Cox and Scott Liles
April 14, 2025
Getting CEO succession planning right: Managing the emotional undercurrents
Partner Commentary

Getting CEO succession planning right: Managing the emotional undercurrents

BY
April 14, 2025
USA Brands CEO Joe Van Deman at one his retail stores.
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USA Brands CEO: Small businesses want to thrive, not just survive. That’s where the tariffs uncertainty hurts the most 

BY
April 11, 2025
Don’t move fast and break things—even with AI. Slowing down to speed up works better
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Don’t move fast and break things—even with AI. Slowing down to speed up works better

BY
April 10, 2025
AI’s job boom? Not before the bust
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AI’s job boom? Not before the bust

BYNada R. Sanders and Paula Caligiuri
April 9, 2025
GrowthLoop CEO Chris O’Neill.
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I’ve spent decades building tech that changes how we work. Here’s why AI agents won’t take your job

BY
April 9, 2025
Tariffs, AI, and a broken pipeline: The workforce crisis no one’s ready for
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Tariffs, AI, and a broken pipeline: The workforce crisis no one’s ready for

BY
April 9, 2025
Why this ‘basis trade’ moment is so dangerous
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Why this ‘basis trade’ moment is so dangerous

BY
April 9, 2025
The pursuit of ‘lean’ operations has left companies mercilessly exposed to the tariffs chaos—and facing an existential threat
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The pursuit of ‘lean’ operations has left companies mercilessly exposed to the tariffs chaos—and facing an existential threat

BY
April 9, 2025
Former college and university presidents: Higher education must do better, but politically driven government intervention is not the solution
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Former college and university presidents: Higher education must do better, but politically driven government intervention is not the solution

BY
April 8, 2025
Why I sold my family’s century-plus-old company to my employees
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Why I sold my family’s century-plus-old company to my employees

BY
April 8, 2025
Even Trump’s allies fear he’s leading America into a recession with his tariffs. Here are some off-ramps
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Even Trump’s allies fear he’s leading America into a recession with his tariffs. Here are some off-ramps

BY
April 7, 2025
Trump’s tariffs mean brands will lose customer loyalty—and winning it back is incredibly hard
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Trump’s tariffs mean brands will lose customer loyalty—and winning it back is incredibly hard

BYKatherine Melchior Ray and Nataly Kelly
April 7, 2025
The AI cost collapse is changing what’s possible—with massive implications for tech startups
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The AI cost collapse is changing what’s possible—with massive implications for tech startups

BY
April 4, 2025
Trump’s tariffs are not ‘common sense’—and they’re putting America’s credibility and ‘exorbitant privilege’ at risk
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Trump’s tariffs are not ‘common sense’—and they’re putting America’s credibility and ‘exorbitant privilege’ at risk

BYSteve H. Hanke and Matt Sekerke
April 4, 2025

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