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Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class

Next Level Blog

Apparently, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert thought the same thing because it wasn’t long before he had posted a scathing open letter to the Cavs’ fans on the team’s official web site. In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard. Click Here.

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How Economics PhDs Took Over the Federal Reserve

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the Federal Reserve System is almost certainly the nation’s largest employer of PhD economists, with more than 200 at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington and what is likely a similar number (I got tired of counting) scattered among the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. That Fed staff is loaded with economics PhDs.