Leaping Fish and Flying Birds
July 14, 2014 --
The U.S.-China relationship is never simple, and its complexity was on full display last week. High-level officials from both countries met in Beijing for the sixth...
The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat
July 7, 2014 --
Early summer brings some of sport’s most exciting events. Golf offers two major tournaments within the span of about a month: the nervy U.S. Open...
VIDEOS: 2014 MBA Perspectives on Business and Government
July 2, 2014 --
Three of the CGBG MBA Fellows this year helped us make a few new videos during spring term. We wanted them to explain in their own words why...
Wall Street Journal: Montebourg’s Misérables
July 1, 2014 --
The Wall Street Journal referenced the Slaughter & Rees Report in a story about foreign direct investment and the French economy. Read the Journal's story here (subscription...
France Doubles Down on Dirigisme
June 30, 2014 --
This past February, French President François Hollande pledged to a group of foreign investors, “France is going to become simple—that has not always...
Is This as Good as It Gets?
June 23, 2014 --
At a climactic point in the Oscar-winning romantic comedy, “As Good as It Gets,” when Jack Nicholson is sizing up his relationship with Helen Hunt&mdash...
Former Bank of Japan Governor Visits Tuck
June 17, 2014 – guest post by Ken Yoshida T’15 --
Wouldn’t you be excited if you had a chance to talk with Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the...
Will Brazil Win from the World Cup?
June 16, 2014 --
At the time of penning this week’s missive, the 2014 FIFA World Cup host Brazil had just beaten Croatia 3-1 in the inaugural match. For the next...
Nissan: Recovering from Japan’s 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
June 12, 2014 -- Guest post by Taylor Harrington T'14 --
This past January, I saw an announcement from Tuck’s Center for Global Business and Government about a research grant...
“Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”
June 9, 2014 --
In America’s space program, the Apollo 13 mission is legendary. This third attempt to land people on the moon suffered a near-catastrophic operational failure that imperiled the...
The Elusive Quest for a Financial Esperanto
June 2, 2014 --
It is one of the fundamental issues for global economic integration: the ability of investors and regulators to look at a company’s financial statements—regardless...
India’s Modi Moment
May 26, 2014 --
One in every six people on the planet lives in India. At some point in the next 15 years, the country will pass China to become the world&rsquo...
Message and Messenger
May 19, 2014 --
Single events sometimes crystalize broader issues. Thus the loud and pointed debate across the Atlantic about U.S.-headquartered Pfizer’s $100 billion-plus bid for U.K.-headquartered...
PPP, GDP, TFP, and Story Telling
May 12, 2014 --
Data geeks like us have had much to ponder recently. New calculations from a World Bank initiative called the International Comparison Program (ICP) indicate that by the end...
She Works Hard for the Money
May 5, 2014 --
The covers of global magazines can reveal what is on the collective mind of global business and public affairs. A scan of recent covers turned up a perennial...
Hacks Get Hacked . . . and Fight Back
April 28, 2014 --
One of the most enduring features of economic growth is resistance from those threatened by innovation. “A man’s useful inventions,” wrote Benjamin Franklin, &ldquo...
How to Replace the Revolving Door
April 21, 2014 --
Retirement send-offs are often warm and somewhat scripted events: roast-like remembrances, treats, presents. Not so, we suspect, the send-off last week of James Kidney. A lawyer at the...
Green Shoots in Springtime
April 14, 2014 --
Here in Hanover and in much of the northern hemisphere, winter is finally releasing its icy grip. Springtime brings birds migrating back north (not, of course, the African...