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Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees

Harvard Business Review

A 2013 survey shows the median earnings for men outside of refugee camps (where they’re not allowed to work) was $160 per month, much less than the Turkish minimum monthly wage of around $400. That’s one reason why Turkey’s GDP grew by 2.9%

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Building a Better Bitcoin

Harvard Business Review

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , a 2013 dollar has one-tenth the purchasing power of the 1950 version. Instead, supply is determined once and for all by artificially-arranged resource constraints.". The question, really, is whether you can pick the right "resource constraints" ahead of time.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S. executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. economy on globalization.