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A Beginner's Guide to Davos

Harvard Business Review

The WEF is comprised of many groups, among them policy groups, civil society groups, technology pioneers, and many more. Today I'm heading to some opening sessions for the Technology Pioneers. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Michael recently co-authored Wild West 2.0

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What Alan Greenspan Has Learned Since 2008

Harvard Business Review

The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure. In this view, the “soft landing” engineered by the Fed in 1994-1995, hailed at the time as a masterpiece of monetary policy-making, may have actually set the stage for the wild times that ensued.