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07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

by James Heskett

SUMMING UP James Heskett's readers weigh in on Thomas Piketty and how wealth disparity is burdening society. Closed for comment; 42 Comment(s) posted.

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

by Carmen Nobel

In a series of research papers, Associate Professor Diego A. Comin and colleagues investigated the relationship between technology adoption and per capita income. They found that the rate at which nations adopted new tools hundreds of years ago strongly affects whether those nations are rich or poor today. Closed for comment; 11 Comment(s) posted.

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

by Sarah Jane Gilbert

What effect does luxury have on human cognition and decision making? According to new research, there seems to be a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Roy Y.J. Chua discusses findings from his work conducted with Xi Zou of London Business School. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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