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The U.S. Corporate Tax Code Is Broken. How Should We Fix It?

Harvard Business Review

And, nothing could be more important to our economy than the efficient allocation of financial, real and human capital. Second, the rise of intangible assets, like patents and widgets, means that transfer pricing issues become central, and so high tax rates become more untenable as they increase the incentives to be aggressive.

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GDP Is a Wildly Flawed Measure for the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

It struggles to account for today’s intangible assets—services, insights, and networks. Our research into business models clearly indicates a world where networks and digital assets are more valuable than things and “access” is more convenient than ownership.

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