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Did Austerity Politics Lead To A Rise In Crime?

The Horizons Tracker

Many governments implemented so-called austerity measures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis in an attempt to get public finances back in order after large borrowing was implemented to bail out financial institutions. Rising crime The research looks at the impact of austerity politics on crime in England and Wales between 2011 and 2015.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business Review

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. The then Nokia CEO Stephen Elop was quoted in Wired of February 2011 stating: “The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don’t have a product that is close to their experience.”

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011. Although roughly 1,000 employees had been fired each year since 2011 for these practices, the board only became “very active” on the issue in 2015.

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What Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

Harvard Business Review

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s to live on the sort of shoestring budget that startups demand. This, coupled with relative affordability, makes it a place people want to call home.

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A New Vision for Retirement: Productive and Meaningful

Harvard Business Review

By 2015 we'll have more Americans over 60 than under 15 — and that's just the beginning. According to research from 2011 , some 31 million people ages 44 to 70 want encore careers that allow them to continue earning a living and give them meaning that has an impact beyond themselves.

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China's Impending Slowdown Just Means It's Joining the Big Leagues

Harvard Business Review

China, with a per capita GDP of $7,827 in 2011 (in 2005 dollars, according to the latest edition of the Penn World Tables ), is getting close to that first landmark. annual growth, China would cross the $10,000 per capita threshhold in 2015, and $15,000 in 2020. China Economy Finance'

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress.