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19 Nov 2019

Recession 101: What Business Leaders Need to Know about Economic Downturns

Business Economy Recession
Graph of risk of recession 2016-2019
Business leaders are worried about recession. Their responsibility, however, is not just to survive a downturn, but to capitalize on good times before the recession comes. I’ve held several workshops for company executives and owners …
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17 Nov 2016

Trump and the Future of ObamaCare

Economy Health Care
In my Forbes article, President Trump's Policies Will Likely Slow Economic Growth Over The Next Two Years, I expressed skepticism about Republican willingness to actually repeal Obamacare. Now the nation's top free-market health care expert …
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10 Jan 2016

Are We In Recession Now?

Economy Recession
I often hear commentators saying that we are already in a recession. This could be the case because the data always come out with a time lag. The official arbiter of recessions, the Business Cycle …
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13 Aug 2014

Poor Countries, Rich Countries

Economy
My fellow Forbes.com contributor Ana Swanson asks the question, "Would You Rather Be Rich in a Poor Country, or Poor in a Rich Country?" Her article has some startling statistics. For example, the poorest five percent …
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