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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

In other words, business leaders have been dealing with the direct, market-based risks presented by major economic, technological, and demographic trends. This shift is undermining the liberal “Washington Consensus” that has guided policy making since the 1990s. Donald Trump won the U.S.

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Harper Lee and Dr. Seuss Won’t Save Publishing

Harvard Business Review

Though exact numbers are hard to come by, there’s a clear consensus that following the economic shocks of 2008, advances paid to writers are declining —in some cases precipitously. Build their own brand and audience. Harvard Business Review Press , which published my first book, Reinventing You , is a notable exception.)