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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

The word crisis has given us some of the most beautiful lines in English literature, as seen in Oliver Twist : “It had been bright day, for hours, when Oliver opened his eyes; he felt cheerful and happy. The crisis of the disease was safely past. Coronavirus has changed the way Americans work. What should companies do now?

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

But when it comes to achieving the goal of doubling exports in five years [a goal Obama outlined in his 2010 State of the Union speech ], we already did the easy part: because our exports were so depressed due to the global financial crisis, we saw growth in the first couple of years. He's not going to achieve his goal.

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