Review: Poor Economics – A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo 4.0 out of 5 stars Serious Economics Poorly Presented, December 14, 2012 I have no doubt that among economists this book merits all the praise it has received; I do NOT recommend it for the general reader, indeed, I do not recommend it at all unless it is assigned reading, …

Journal: Government as Client, Three Levels of Smart

Radical management: what to do when your customer is the government One constraint on implementing radical management is that the customer is on a different path altogether. A frequent example is where your customer is a government bureaucracy. You are aspiring to delight your client, and your client is saying, “Don’t bother with me such …

Journal: Strike Three for Congress

Seats for Sale Thursday, September 24, 2009 By FCW Editorial What’s so revealing about the 50 is not how rich they are — combined, they are worth a total of $1.3 billion, which is down $171 million from last year’s list — but how new so many of them are.