Fortune 1000 Women Look More Supportive and Compassionate
And the more they look like that, the higher they rank on Fortune's list.
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Should the One Percent Stop Hoarding So Much Cash?
A tax on excess cash holdings—for corporations as well at high-net-worth individuals—could help spur development.
Should Giving to Charity Be an Inoculation Against Criticism?
With charitable giving and profits so intertwined, the latter can't be ignored when considering the former.
What Talent Shortage? The Great American Brain Waste of Our Captive Labor Market
Our biggest businesses complain about a shortage of skilled labor. Instead of calling on the government to act, they should consider workplace policies that are friendlier to women and immigrants.
There’s Nothing Subversive or Anti-Business About ‘The Lego Movie’
More than just a set of plastic bricks, Lego has positioned itself as the perfect toy brand by working to inspire nostalgia, creativity, and wonder. And the hottest film of the year to-date is a celebration of that.
Businesses Are Swimming in Money: Profit Protection Will Not Help With Economic Recovery
Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.
Gender Equality Increases by 1 Percent in California
Despite some recent high-profile hirings, the gender balance in high-level business positions hasn't changed much.
Meet the Flexians
A new professional class of movers and shakers—people who serve overlapping roles in government, business, and media with smiling finesse—is controlling the flow of power and money in America. The anthropologist Janine Wedel is bent on making us understand just how dangerous this new normal can be.
America Has a Stadium Problem
Despite every number suggesting they shouldn't, why do American cities keep building sports stadiums funded with public money?
