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  • 19 Dec 2016
    Kjell G. Nyborg

    Understanding the role of central banks in the Eurosystem’s collateral framework

    Kjell G. Nyborg, author of Collateral Frameworks: The Open Secret of Central Banks, undertakes forensic-style research into the Eurosystem’s collateral framework.

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  • 5 Dec 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Race Matters

    “The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. DuBois famously observed of the United States.  Despite the occasional proclamations of a post-racial society in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s 2008 election, race has continued to dominate American life well into the next century, a fact startlingly brought home in […]

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  • 17 Nov 2016
    Cass R. Sunstein - 1

    Mad Men and Manipulation: An Excerpt from The Ethics of Influence

    The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavioral Science is Cass R. Sunstein’s investigation into the ethical issues surrounding nudges, choice architecture and mandates. Read on for an excerpt from the book. Fifty Shades of Manipulation Chapter 5 of The Ethics of Influence: Government in the Age of Behavorial Science by Cass R. Sunstein It […]

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  • 9 Nov 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Speaking Up on Behalf of Resistance

    With the 2016 election come and gone, Bert Spector reflects on leadership and resistance

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  • 5 Nov 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    Leadership and Hubris

    In Discourse on Leadership, I identify a 1977 article by Harvard psychologist Abraham Zaleznik as a seminal work in our interpretation of leadership.  Leaders, he argued, are folks who “develop fresh approaches to long-standing problems and open issues for new options.”  In their disinclination to be constrained by the status quo, they are generators of […]

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  • 31 Oct 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    “Such a Nasty Woman”

    With only a week left before Election Day, Bert Spector dissects Trump's recent "nasty woman" comments and their relationship to leadership discourse.

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  • 17 Oct 2016
    Bert A. Spector

    “The Boss” Is the Boss

    Bert Spector on Bruce Springsteen and leadership.

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  • 7 Oct 2016
    Christopher A. Hartwell

    Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Not Learning the Lessons of History

    Drawing on his extensive experience in transition economies, Christopher A. Hartwell explains the current economic divergence between Ukraine and Poland.

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