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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them. For an example, reconsider the financial crisis. Nor was the government — beyond Greenspan and the Fed — blameless in the run-up to the crisis.

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What Economists Know That Managers Don’t (and Vice Versa)

Harvard Business Review

And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them. For an example, reconsider the financial crisis. Nor was the government — beyond Greenspan and the Fed — blameless in the run-up to the crisis.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well. How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? How do you get corporations to invest in a significant way? Triple the U.S.

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