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What Business Can Learn from Government

Harvard Business Review

A number of cities, in particular, have become hotbeds of innovation, in no small part because of the fiscal strains they face. With Washington mired in gridlock, local governments are being left “to grapple with super-sized economic, social, and environmental challenges,” Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution has asserted.

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The Missing Political Debate Over the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Hillary Clinton has a tech and innovation agenda. And Donald Trump gave entrepreneur Peter Thiel a prominent speaking position at the Republican convention. According to a study by Harvard’s Lawrence Katz and Princeton’s Alan Krueger, all net new jobs created in the U.S. since 2005 are due to this phenomenon.