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Privately Educated People Much More Likely To Vote Conservative

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers tracked nearly 7,000 people who were each born in 1970 over a number of decades to see whether those educated privately had different voting behaviors in the elections between 1997 and 2010 than those educated in state schools. Within this sample, a mere 3.0% (3.3%

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Immigrants Create More Jobs Than They Take

The Horizons Tracker

Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Business Database, which contains data on every new business created between 2005 and 2010 (provided the business has survived for at least five years). For example, whereas 0.83% of immigrants in the workforce created a business between 2005 and 2010, just 0.46% of native-born Americans did likewise.

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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Navy from 2000 until 2005. 4 Comments so far Brian Oates on October 18th, 2010 Interesting to see this happen in the military which seeped in a couple hundred years of tradition. Michael Lee Stallard on October 19th, 2010 Brian, It can indeed! Here’s the link: [link] Leadership Development Carnival on November 9th, 2010 [.]

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The Role Immigrant Entrepreneurs Play In Creating New Jobs

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers gathered data on new firms created in the United States between 2005 and 2010 from the U.S. As new research from Wharton reminds us, however, immigrants are also vital to the entrepreneurial output of any nation. Entrepreneurial immigrants.

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How ‘Swing Voters’ Influence Group Decision Making

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, their analysis reveals that between 1994 and 2005, the Supreme Court was largely dominated by non-partisan patterns, despite the presence of highly partisan events, such as the Bush vs Gore vote, which decided the 2000 presidential election.

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Quotes to Note from Superabundance

The Practical Leader

Last week’s review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet generated a good LinkedIn discussion in The Letter Leader. Infinite Innovation: Unlimited Possibilities The world is a closed system in the way that a piano is a closed system.

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Are Non-Profits Doomed to Fail in Haiti?

Mills Scofield

I began volunteering in Haiti in 2007, and moved to Léogane in 2010 to begin my work with GOALS. This is especially true following the January 12, 2010 earthquake that killed 230,000-300,000 people. Parts of Haiti have achieved remarkable progress in their recovery since 2010. The more time I spend here, the less I know.

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