When Lina Ayenew left Ethiopia to pursue an MBA in China, she carried more than ambitionāshe had a vision. She selected Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) to immerse herself in a place where education technology was revolutionizing how people learn, as well as to take advantage of the schoolās in-class incubation program. Her… Read more >
On a warm morning in Accra, a young woman named Mariam rolls up the shutters of her shop, where she sells shea butter and handmade crafts. Her products have found customers not only in Accra, but also in several boutiques in the United Statesāthanks to the duty-free access provided by the African Growth and Opportunity… Read more >
And What We Can Do About It Writing about the climate challenge, French economist Jean Tirole frames the problem brilliantly: āThe benefits of reducing climate change remain global and distant in time, while the costs of that reduction are local and immediate.ā (Economics for the Common Good, p. 199) Why would any country take costly… Read more >
When I was an economics professor (which was a long time ago), I often invited students in introductory classes to play a simple game. They were instructed to choose āHeadsā or āTailsā and secretly write their choice on a sticky note, while I randomly sorted the class into pairs. If the choices made by any… Read more >
Over the past few decades, globalizationāthe closer integration of countries and peoplesāhas been a powerful engine of economic growth, improving global health and lifting millions out of poverty, as well as increasing efficiency. Expanding cross-border collaborations and knowledge exchanges have empowered countries to address critical societal issues. However, globalization has also been blamed for widening… Read more >
In the car, halfway to school, my son lifted his eyes from the phone long enough to say, āDid you know, in Japan, workers who get to the office early park farther away, leaving the closer spots for others that come later?ā I didnāt know. And, because Iām never quite sure where my son gets… Read more >
It is a good idea to collect data about the outcomes of heart surgeries and make it available to the public. Report cards help patients find the best hospitals and doctors, while the providers have an incentive to improve quality. Makes perfect sense, doesnāt it. Well, in a paper I read a little more than… Read more >
āYou canāt stop technological change, but you can shape it.ā That is the key message of Power and Progress according to its authors, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. After researching 1,000 years of technological change, the authors conclude that, contrary to widespread ātechno-optimism,ā advances in technology do not automatically translate into broad-based prosperity. If we… Read more >
If you are a parent and, like me, anxious to get better at it, you probably know about the carpenter and gardener metaphor popularized by Alison Gopnik, a professor at the University of California Berkeley. Being a carpenter, she says, is about molding a child into an adult who has a particular set of characteristics…. Read more >
āNÄu te rourou, nÄku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwiā is a MÄori proverb, or whakatauki. It translates into āwith your food basket and my food basket the people will thriveā and carries my humble holiday message to the GBSN community.Ā To be sure, Iām not an expert on MÄori, People of the Land… Read more >
