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The Crisis in Retirement Planning
Merton, Robert C.Article HBS-R1407B-EEconomicsCorporate America began to really take notice of the looming retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went bankrupt in large part because of their inability to meet their pension obligations. The result was an acceleration of America's shift away from employer-sponsored pension plans toward defined-contribution plans--epitomized by the ubiquitous 401(k)--which transfer the investment risk from the com...Starting at €8.20
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Making Financial Markets Work For Consumers
Campbell, John Y.; Jackson, Howell E.; Madrian, Brigitte C.; Tufano, PeterArticle HBS-R1107B-EEconomicsIn 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created a new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to improve the functioning of consumer financial services markets. The Bureau is scheduled to open its doors in July 2011. Its first director will be responsible not only for setting the policy direction of the agency but also for establishing its organizational structure and management climate. In this op...Starting at €8.20
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Arm Yourself for the Coming Battle over Social Security (Spanish version)
Pozen, Robert C.Article HBS-R0211CEconomicsThe U.S. Social Security system is in deep trouble--and that's not just bad news for your friends and family. It's also bad news for your company. Unless the Social Security system is changed, by 2041 the system will be utterly insolvent. In the next decade, the very prospect of the rising deficit will mean serious pressure on recent tax cuts, higher long-term interest rates, increased pension-funding costs, and other punishing conditions for U.S...Starting at €8.20
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The Overlicensed Society
Litan, Robert E.Article HBS-F1204F-EEconomicsUnemployment rates remain high in this sluggish recovery period, but many places in the United States require more and more workers to be licensed in order to offer their services or open a business. Two of the worst areas are health care and law.Starting at €8.20
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Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Weinzierl, Matthew C.Article HBS-R1203J-EEconomicsThe United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends--indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding competitiveness in several ways, and business conditions in the U.S. will deteriorate if there's no change in direction. The authors examine how fiscal policy relates to the three drivers of productivity: improving human capital, increasing physi...Starting at €8.20
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Turn Public Problems to Private Account (HBR Classic) (Spanish version)
Rockefeller, Rc; Rockefeller, Rodman C.Article HBS-R0308JEconomicsMany managers face increasing calls to invest corporate resources in charitable causes. How should executives balance a firm's very real economic imperative to maximize profitability with its hypothetical moral imperative to improve society? To provide one answer, the author draws on his experience as president of an economic-development company, IBEC. Viewing profit as "an essential discipline and measurer of economic success" but not "the sole ...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing U.S. Politics
Gehl, Katherine; Porter, Michael E.Article HBS-R2004J-EEconomicsAlthough people tend to think of the American political system as a public institution based on high-minded principles, it's not. Politics behaves according to the same kinds of incentives and forces that shape competition in any private industry. Our eleStarting at €8.20
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Rich (and Poor) Keep Getting Richer (Spanish version)
Leamer, Edward E.; Schott, Peter K.Article HBS-F0504HEconomicsEarnings have stagnated for people in the world's middle-wage countries.Starting at €8.20
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The Unsafe Side of Chinese Crony Capitalism
Fisman, Raymond; Wang, YongxiangArticle HBS-F1301B-EEconomicsNew research concludes that publicly traded Chinese companies in safety-regulated industries with C-suite executives who previously served in a high-level government position suffer worker fatalities at five times the rate of "unconnected" companies.Starting at €8.20
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Venture Out Alone (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Foley, C. Fritz; Hines, James R., Jr.Article HBS-F0403DEconomicsFor years, managers assumed that the best way to take advantage of opportunities abroad was to ally with local companies. But a fundamental shift in the cost/benefit equation has led businesses to forgo partnerships in favor of owning foreign affiliates outright.Starting at €8.20