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John Van Reenen: Why America needs a 'Grand Innovation Challenge Fund'
John Van Reenen discusses his proposal for the US to create what he calls a “Grand Innovation Challenge Fund.”
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COVID-19 risk halved when airplane middle seats empty, expert statistician says
A new paper...has underlined the risk to an uninfected passenger from an infected passenger when the middle seat is left vacant during a flight.
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Federal aid helped wide swath of small businesses, needy or not
"...tying financing to payroll expenses had the [likely unintended] consequences of allocating more federal funds to the least affected sector.”
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Update your people OS
“Managers now realize they need to engage and motivate the bottom parts of the organization to lead upwards with their ideas and innovations."
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What we owe essential workers
"Beyond raising the federal minimum wage, the United States desperately needs to overhaul its approach to technological innovation.”
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MIT researcher says COVID-19 cases likely 10x higher than reported
A recent MIT study found that the actual number of coronavirus cases and deaths may be widely underreported. Prof. John Sterman was interviewed.
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Economics of the Coronavirus with Roberto Rigobon
During the lockdown, Roberto Rigobon produced a series of videos addressing the Economic Impact of Covid-19, this link includes spanish language presentations.
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Hold a diversified portfolio and don't try and time the market: Robert Pozen
Robert Pozen joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss his macro outlook on the market and the risks facing the economy in the back half of 2020.
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Parents got more time off. Then the backlash started.
"...what do you think is going to happen if that person quits?...You're going to actually be stretched further.”
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Clearing the way for adult learners
As of the beginning of September, 50,000 students had signed up for the upcoming MITx MicroMasters program.