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Economic Growth Isn’t Over, but It Doesn’t Create Jobs Like It Used To

Harvard Business Review

Gordon, an economist at Northwestern University, has recently published an important new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth , which argues that the U.S. However, I think it’s clear that innovation since then has continued (and even accelerated) but has focused largely on information and communication technology.

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Escape the Moore's-Law Traffic Jam

Harvard Business Review

When Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel, asserted nearly 50 years ago that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double roughly every two years, he was charting a path for the company that would dominate the industry — and dictate the direction of technology — for decades. So what next?

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

The order is the latest development in a long-running debate over how companies use the H-1B program and how it affects American workers. In the private sector, for instance, software developers, petroleum engineers, and data scientists were found to be in high demand. The Economist has reported that the number of unfilled U.S.