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Why Are Workers Are Getting A Smaller Piece Of The Economic Pie?

The Horizons Tracker

New research from MIT sets out to understand precisely why the labor share of GDP has fallen from 67% in 1980 to just 59% today. The discontent from economists has mainly arisen due to the remarkable stability of labor’s share of GDP throughout the 20th century. “That’s our key point.” ” Superstar firms.

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The Danger of Turning Cynical About Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

While noting that this doesn’t seem to be the case with respect to the public — both the computer and internet industries poll favorably — she documents at length the rise of “tech hate” among journalists and other commentators, including HBR contributor Umair Haque: “Tech is something like the new Wall St.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing.