2017
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Common Sense Eats Common Talk
In November 2008, with the financial crisis in full swing, Queen Elizabeth attended a ceremony at the London School of Economics. Facing an audience of high ranked academics, she posed a simple question: “Why did nobody notice it?”
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The Serendipity of Creation
Somebody asked me a great question recently: “What’s the single most important thing you have read or learned that profoundly shaped how you think and work?”
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A Not-So-Fictional Threat to Democracy
Many people today believe that democracy is at risk. Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, the UK “Brexit” vote (and its aftermath), the shadow of Marine Le Pen in France and the general rise of populist movements across Europe, are taken as signs that support for traditional liberal democratic values is declining. Other data points seem to suggest a similar trend.