China’s new five-year plan – including the introduction of a two-child policy to replace the country’s one-child rule — aims to fix demographic imbalances and welfare gaps, among other issues.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
The Link between Strategic Silence and Litigation
Research by Wharton’s Matthew Cedergren finds that plaintiffs considering a lawsuit against a firm give serious weight to whether the manager went above and beyond normal reporting requirements.
The Night I Invented Crony Capitalism
George Taber was credited with the first usage of the term “crony capitalism” in the 1980s, when he used it to describe the political situation in the Philippines. Today, he sees a similar environment developing in the U.S.
Managing Risks for the World’s Undersea Cable Network
U.S. concerns about Russian ships operating near vital undersea cables have put the spotlight on the vulnerability of the vast global network that carries almost all of the world’s Internet communications and financial transactions.
Travels to Albania
The first question my professor posed at my first lecture at Lauder was straightforward, but daunting: “Where does Europe end?” Defining Europe’s boundaries is harder than defining those of just about any other continent. Geographically, perhaps it’s the Ural Mountains in Russia. Politically, it might be the European Community or…Read More
Travels to Albania
The first question my professor posed at my first lecture at Lauder was straightforward, but daunting: “Where does Europe end?” Defining Europe’s boundaries is harder than defining those of just about any other continent. Geographically, perhaps it’s the Ural Mountains in Russia. Politically, it might be the European Community or…Read More
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