• FOCUS: The Decline of Democracy
    This 2 min. read saves you up to 27 hours
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    FOCUS: The Decline of Democracy

    The think tank Freedom House has published a “Freedom in the World” report every year since 1973. Last week, it released its latest edition – and it recorded the fourteenth straight year of deteriorating freedom.

  • “People Who Don’t Feel Respected Will Not Want to Show Up Every Day and Contribute to Your Organization.”
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 4 hours
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    “People Who Don’t Feel Respected Will Not Want to Show Up Every Day and Contribute to Your Organization.”

    A millennial herself, Crystal Kadakia provides globally relevant insight into her generation in her book, The Millennial Myth. Here, she shares some of her thoughts on how to attract millennial talent.

  • “A New Logo… by the End of Next Week?”
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    “A New Logo… by the End of Next Week?”

    Meet Carl, 48, designer (and part-time artist)

  • “You Can Watch the March of Ideas from the Minds of Economists and into Our Lives.”
    “You Can Watch the March of Ideas from the Minds of Economists and into Our Lives.”

    After decades of free-market policies in the United States and Britain, working-class voters are in full revolt. In The Economists’ Hour Binyamin Appelbaum surveys the last half-century and sees an obvious path from the economics…

  • Why Read Classics?
    Why Read Classics?

    We are asked this question again and again, especially by business customers. So, we’ll give the answer in a monthly column – and with one of the greats of literature.

  • Efosa Ojomo, Clayton M. Christensen and Karen Dillon
    Efosa Ojomo, Clayton M. Christensen and Karen Dillon
    “When the Foreign Aid Industry Primarily Focuses on Empowering Entrepreneurs, It Will Win the Fight Against Poverty.”

    In one of his last interviews, economist Clayton M. Christensen, who passed away in January 2020, argues that only innovation can lift nations out of poverty.

  • “The Emergence of Liberty Is Perhaps Even More Surprising than Economic Growth.”
    “The Emergence of Liberty Is Perhaps Even More Surprising than Economic Growth.”

    To get an idea of the political construction of the world of tomorrow, one has to travel back in time – sometimes a few thousand years. Renowned MIT economist Daron Acemoğlu talks about the making…

  • The 1845 Tiny Home Craze
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    The 1845 Tiny Home Craze

    Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Or: How to Escape the Rat Race (and Make Peace with Woodchuck Cravings)

  • The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 9 hours
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    The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous

    Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Or: Why You Should Embrace Aging Gracefully

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    Photo by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash
    The Art of Retiring (in Time)

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