Thursday, February 28, 2013

Thinking About Chocolate Rather Than Eating It

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As a Swiss citizen, eating chocolate is my favorite way of supporting the national economy. Alas, this Lenten season, I can only think abou...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A BA in Alphabetizing

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Let's say you run an office that generates a lot of paper (side question: What ever happened to the "paperless office"?). Per...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

If the Doctors Don't Speak Out, Who Will?

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I hadn't planned to write anything about the first trial -- of what is likely to be several -- of Johnson & Johnson for the failure ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

That "Free" Research You Get From Your Broker May Be Worth What You Paid for It

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Conflicts of interest can be hard to spot from the inside, while they seem obvious to those on the outside. That's, of course, one of t...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Is It What You Know, Or Who You Know, that Matters?

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Imagine that you have a position to fill at your company. What more natural than to ask your current employees whether they know someone wit...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Socialize the Risk, Privatize the Profits: It's Just Wrong

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One of the most troubling changes of the past several decades, I believe, is the mantra that Private Industry can do it (whatever "it...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Can You Spell "Chutzpah"? It Seems AIG Can.

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Have you seen the new AIG (American International Group) advertisements that say, "Thank you America"? The ads started running ...
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