Last night, President Obama laid out a set of goals and proposals for his next year in office, with a substantial portion of the speech focusing on business and economic issues. He mentioned a number of themes that we cover regularly here at HBR: the minimum wage, inequality, women in the workplace, manufacturing, and health care to name just a few.  As the President sets out on a post-speech tour to sell his policies, here are management experts’ perspectives on some of those proposals: