Business & Tech

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Learning to Hate Big Tech

By being more corporate and less cool, IT firms are becoming as popular as banks

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Too Busy for a Summer Job? Why America’s Youth Lacks Basic Work Skills

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Many young adults have no clue how to function at the bottom of a hierarchy

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Walmart’s Discounted Ethics

Its Mexican bribery scandal shows the perils of bowing to local “custom”

Should We Stop Referring to People as ‘Consumers’?

A new study published in the journal Psychological Science shows that shoppers find the term “insulting”

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Goldman Sachs and Sex Trafficking: The Acute Discovery of a Chronic Condition

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“Other people are doing it” doesn’t cut it as a defense for facilitating child prostitution

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“Living in the Moment”: The Latest Marketing Meme

Living in the Moment

It’s a message that makes us feel strangely optimistic and important. It also gets us to buy stuff

Dominique Browning

Sexist Bullying: What’s Behind the “War on Women?”

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Women are being attacked for their accomplishments, which only shows we’ve got more work to do

The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology

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The most radical message at TED 2012: turn off your iPhone and make more room for human interaction

Segways, String Theory and Snacks: A Report From TED

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Food and thought mark the opening day of the TED conference

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Why China’s Rise Is Great for America

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How America can turn an economic rivalry based on fear into a race to the top

What Would Steve Jobs Do?

The late Apple CEO was a jerk, but his leadership lesson is more about product than personality

Can Education Entrepreneurs Do Well And Do Good?

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Business and education don’t always mix, but a new generation of edupreneurs is responding to genuine needs in the classroom in ways big companies haven’t

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Can the Kindle Save Anna Karenina?

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Jonathan Franzen’s e-book anxiety seems misplaced, considering that e-readers are keeping the classics alive

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The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them

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Resentment of the wealthy elite is at an all-time high, but it’s not just their money that sets them apart

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Can GE Help Bring Common Core Standards to Life?

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With an $18 million donation, the corporate giant is taking a controversial stand on education reform