“Main Street requires shoppers who don’t really care about low prices. The dream of Main Street may be populist, but the reality is elitist”
It’s worth noting that the idealized Main Street is not a myth in some...
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“Contrary to our popular assumptions about the intent and effect of both the New Deal and the G.I. Bill, they were not intended to, nor did they, provide all poor Americans with equal economic opportunity”
Up through at least the middle of the twentieth century, the government of the...
“The present moment…is the most productive in the nation’s history”
Manufacturing retains its powerful hold on the American imagination for good reason. In the...
“Four key forces have been shaping the rise and fall of nations since the 2008 financial crisis, and none of them bode well for China”
Four key forces have been shaping the rise and fall of nations since the...
“Courtship has always been dictated by changes in the market”
The generation of Americans that came of age around the time of the 2008...
“The sputtering global economy is one shock away from slipping into recession”
The sputtering global economy is one shock away from slipping into recession. In the...
“No one tells funders the truth. They need their money. They’re intimidated.”
JJ: What are the biggest mistakes Jewish philanthropists make? AS: They don’t fund enough...
“…if we don’t tackle the quest for meaning in the Jewish world, at some point all of our programs are going to run out of steam”
I think reflection and ideas in the Jewish world today are devalued. We’re extremely...
“We think of stocks as the paradigmatic investment, but bonds are the single most important force in the financial world…”
We think of stocks as the paradigmatic investment, but bonds are the single most...
“The charitable sector is a bit like the Wild West — by design”
The charitable sector is a bit like the Wild West — by design. Foundations...