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Siena by Car - "You Idiot"

Chris Brady

As my five and six year old can only handle so manysteps taken in the name of tourism, and since their appreciation for Gothicarchitecture and the history of Tuscany’s artists hasn’t quite reached fullmaturity, conserving their travel distance is a great strategy for extendingthe potential time for touring. Things wereworking out swimmingly.

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New Report: We're Not As Connected As We Think

Harvard Business Review

Based on data covering the period from 2005 to 2011, it charts how globalization has evolved since the onset of the financial crisis at the global, regional, and national levels. Capital markets are fragmenting and while merchandise trade recovered strongly since 2009, the intensity of services trade has remained stagnant.

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3 Mistakes in U.S. Health Care That Emerging Economies Can’t Afford to Repeat

Harvard Business Review

For example, shipments of medical, scientific, and hospital equipment to China have risen 69% percent since 2011. Comparing the five years between 2012 and 2016 to the period between 2007 and 2011, U.S. Over the same period, pharmaceutical exports have doubled. exports to Saudi Arabia of hospital equipment alone increased 54%.

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Funders Can Give More than Money

Harvard Business Review

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. percent lower than its value in 2007.