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When Talent Started Driving Economic Growth

Harvard Business Review

I came out of a standard Keynesian economics education at Harvard College in 1979. In 1977, the movie Star Wars was released, with sequels following in 1980 and 1983. It took place in the fertile environment of the 1970s when the world woke up to the importance of talent and its incentives. I deserve more, in fact lots more.”.

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The Nostalgia Trap

Harvard Business Review

Despite institutionalized discrimination, working-class Americans of all races made significant economic progress in the 35 years following World War II. ” Besides, “there’s basically no country in the world where the consumer is not doing well,” added Bart van Ark, chief economist at The Conference Board.

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