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Inside the Fuzzy Calculus of Tim Geithner

Albert Einstein once opined, "you can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it."  How then, can we begin to cure our global economic ailments using the same thinking that brought us here? … Read More

March 12, 2009   |  In Belief, Science & Tech

A Look Inside Bain's 'Consumer of the Future' Report

If you're like me—in your early 30s and struggling to find opportunities hidden in our current grizzly bear of a market—yesterday's remarks by President Obama sounded sweet and promising. Yes, we can “restart the engine of our prosperity” while transforming the U.S. with “bold action and big ideas!” … Read More

February 25, 2009   |  In Future

The Gathering Pension Fund Storm

Every morning, I walk out the door of my K street condo and hook a left at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on 12th Street. Like clockwork, a kaleidoscope of activity surrounds the federal corporation created in the mid-1970s to protect the pensions of American workers. … Read More

February 13, 2009   |  In Belief, Science & Tech

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