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ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: And I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, imagine that you have just been appointed to a big leadership position and the people and businesses you’re responsible for are hit by a series of crises. Disease outbreak, a terrorist attack, several natural disasters, and then COVID-19. Do you think you would be able to navigate through all of that? ADI IGNATIUS: Definitely not, but I have to say, it reminds me a little bit of the era we’re in right now. The details are different, but we’re in…

As the world is gripped by a new bout of gold fever that shows no sign of abating, the environmental costs are rising.  A few months ago, my wife and I had the fortune to catch the final day of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado’s Amazônia at Barcelona’s Maritime Museum. It was one of  the best photo exhibitions I have ever seen. The exhibition — Salgado’s last before passing away from leukaemia just a few weeks later — impressed upon me more than anything I had read or seen before just how vast, complex and fragile the Amazon ecosystem is. The…

BRIAN KENNY: With nearly $470 billion in liquor sales in 2023, it’s hard to fathom that there was a time when the sale of alcohol was banned in the U.S. The prohibition movement which led to the nationwide alcohol ban from 1920 to 1933 was driven by a combination of social, religious, political, and economic forces. At first, prohibition drastically reduced drinking and alcoholism. But within a few years, it contributed to different patterns of riskier underground drinking with more concentrated alcohol. Following prohibition, rates of alcohol abuse and dependence increased significantly, prompting the American Medical Association in 1956 to…

Eve here. Among the key findings in this post is that Trump’s trade escalation will lower real wages in the United States. Quell’s surprise! It also includes a useful chart showing estimated effects of the state. Andres Rodríguez-Clare Mauricio ulate, and Jose P. Vasquez. Originally published on Voxeu In 2025, the US government announced a series of increased tariffs targeting key trading partners, including Canada, China and Mexico. This column estimates the economic imagination of these proposed tariffs in the US and worldwide. According to this model, real wages in the US fell by 1.4% in 2028, while GDP fell…

From left, Senate majority John Tune (R-South Dakota), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Sen. Mike Krapo (R-Idaho) left the White House West Wing on June 4th, 2025. Reduced Medicaid and Clean Energy Tax Credit.Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRepublicans at Capitol Hill are weighing laws that cut billions of dollars in funding for affordable care laws and are estimated to cause millions of people to lose health insurance. Many of their members may not be satisfied with it, Pauling suggests.A new study by KFF, a nonpartisan group that conducts health policy research, shows that nearly half of adults, or 45%,…

Zagreb, Croatia, June 10, 2025 – Ewis, a creative, solution-driven e-learning agency, has been officially recognized as one of the e-learning industry’s top content providers for custom learning in the e-learning industry in 2025. From the US to Europe and the Middle East, Ewis has a strong presence on the continent, working with clients ranging from businesses to nonprofits. Their customized 3C framework approach to course development has made them a go-to partner in the e-learning industry. “This recognition is a testament to the creativity, passion and commitment of our team,” said Mario Bourjean, CEO of Ewyse. “It’s named as…

TechLearn 2025 Conference for Training Magazine The TechLearn 2025 conference on October 6-8 in New Orleans is the annual learning technology conference for Training Magazine. The event is designed for learning and development (L&D) professionals who want to share networks, best practices, learn the latest learning trends, tools and technologies, enhance training and boost engagement. For more information, see TechLearn. What’s in there for you? For three days, participants in the meeting would be as follows: Immerse yourself in a hands-on interactive experience during popular innovations in test kitchen kick-off and reception training. Explore learning design and technology (including artificial…

A recent article in the OC Register found a proposal to stop production of penny. Consumers will be shortened to a new US policy that will stop making pennies by early next year.The US Treasury will save tens of millions of dollars by eliminating the 233-year-old 1-cent coin, but at a higher price boosted by millions of poor consumers.Bill Maurer, dean of the School of Social Sciences in Irvine, California, says that if you leave a penny, no one will use bank cards or digital money options.He settled on two parliamentary proposals that he ignored the gap between the rich…

The American Council of Immigration does not approve or oppose candidates for elected offices. We aim to provide an analysis of the impact of elections on the US immigration system.Eight years ago, President Trump made history by invoking the ambiguous authority of Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to “stop” the “entering” of the citizens of multiple Muslim majority countries. After the ban on two versions was first discontinued in court, the Supreme Court remained in effect until President Biden ended it in 2021. Today, President Trump’s travel ban has never been stronger, affecting 19 countries, allowing 125,000…

When I first started writing this article, I was ready to blame Kugman for not discussing this much more important economic limitation. I did a sub-research. Research was most useful when changing your mind, and my research changed my mind. Krugman has found himself good at building large costs in an economy that makes housing artificially expensive. Please quote the following from Kaplan, Build, Baby, Build, Krugman: High home prices in slow-growing states ow a lot to policies that significantly limit construction. Limiting the height of CISIE buildings, zoning that blocks dense development in the suburbs, and zoning that involves…