Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

And is that, perhaps, the prime mover of what both Tyler Cowen and I have termed a Great Stagnation? Incentives shape human behavior — and overcounting benefits and undercounting costs is a surefire way to blunt our incentives to innovate, to take on ambitious goals, and create real value. Let's call it Enronia, for short.

Incentives 15

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ending extreme poverty by 2030 is the BHAG – the big, hairy audacious goal – of our generation. Discussion abounds in the development sector today about the best ways to empower the poor. BRAC’s short answer to these questions is yes, all of the above. 5% of GDP over six years.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance BHAG NGO Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In President Obama''s second term, the United States has an ambitious and challenging Atlantic and Pacific trade agenda which could significantly alter the architecture of the global economy. But the President has yet to designate someone to fill the crucial Cabinet level position of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

GDP 8

GDP Short-term Globalization Long-term 8

Women on Business

MARCH 4, 2011

In order to meet the deficit reduction goal in the next decade, the President intends to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire after 2012 for families who make $250,000 or more, and to bring the estate exemption and estate tax to 2009 levels (back to a $3.5 trillion and 11% of GDP!!!), million estate exemption and 45% estate tax).

GDP 150

GDP Budgeting Proposal Short-term 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

The economic gains for developing countries have been extraordinary. of GDP in 2007 to 3.3% The first major adaptation is the adoption of corporate goals that go beyond short-term gain for shareholders and attend to the longer-term interests of all stakeholders.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2011

In short, I see an outcomes gap: a yawning chasm the size of the Grand Canyon between what our economy produces and what you might call a meaningfully well-lived life, what the ancient Greeks called eudaimonia. That's an alternate vision, one I call eudaimonic prosperity , and it's about living meaningfully well. Better, not just more.

GDP 20

GDP Hamel Industry Construction 20

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Investors Focused on Climate, Sustainability, and Short-Termism. states , have “decoupled” GDP growth from GHGs. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

To be sure, these roadblocks to further trade and investment will damage Mexico’s economy in the short and medium terms. However, I fear that Mexico continuing its existing trade-based economic strategy will not necessarily produce different results in the long term — as it wouldn’t for any other developing country.

Cooper 12

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 12