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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy.

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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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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.