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NOV 15, 2023 • Podcast
Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, with Bethany Allen
MAR 24, 2022 • Podcast
The Doorstep: How Cryptocurrencies & NFTs May Change the Global World Order, with David Yermack
NYU Stern's Professor David Yermack discusses NFTs, Ukraine, and the future of crypto with Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin.
MAY 6, 2022 • Podcast
For Companies, Could China Be the Next Russia? with Perth Tolle
Isaac Stone Fish and finance expert Perth Tolle discuss the global economic backlash to Russia after the Ukraine invasion, China, and much more.
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NOV 28, 2012 • Podcast
The Digital Revolution and the Role of Newspapers in Civic Life
Newspapers have long straddled an awkward line between public service and profit. Now those values are in conflict. The internet has upended the industry and ...
NOV 21, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in the New Tunisia
With educated youth and a nation awakening to its social and political needs, the time is ripe for social entrepreneurs to flourish in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
NOV 16, 2012 • Podcast
Innovation and Leadership in 21st Century Media
So you want to be an innovator and a leader: How can you make your internship/job application stand out? How can you use social ...
NOV 2, 2012 • Podcast
What Is American?
What does it mean for a product to be American? Or to be from anywhere? The truth is, many items today are global products, from ...
NOV 1, 2012 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: 3D Printing Can Unlock Development Potential
3D printing is the new frontier in manufacturing, with potentially radical effects on patterns of global trade and development.
OCT 24, 2012 • Podcast
Why and How the Euro Zone Crisis Will Be Solved
Danish economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard offers a contrarian take on the euro zone crisis. While he notes that there are political problems within the European ...
OCT 2, 2012 • Podcast
The Ethics of "Acqui-hires"
The practice of "acqui-hiring," a larger company buying a smaller one solely to poach its talent, is becoming more common. Is this ethical? Does it ...
SEP 20, 2012 • Podcast
The Business of Art
The value of art is incredibly subjective. Yet selling art is big business--and displaying art can be a money pit. For insights into this complex ...
SEP 11, 2012 • Podcast
The Power of Safety: How Safe Habits Triggered Responsibility at Alcoa
Business ethics professor and former Alcoa VP Bill O'Rourke shows how making safety a top priority transformed Alcoa across the board, in every aspect of ...
SEP 7, 2012 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: South Africa: The Impossible Dream?
It's been about 20 years since South Africa emerged from apartheid, but a recent series of violent confrontations between police and striking mine workers have exposed ...