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Five myths about how to create jobs
The Washington Post, February 7, 2010
With the unemployment rate in the United States lingering just below 10 percnet, job creation has become the top priority in Washington. As Americans consider various approaches to help boost employment, we must have realistic expectations. We need to debunk some myths about what it takes to stimulate job growth, James Manyika and Byron Auguste write in The Washington Post.
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An early warning system for asset bubbles
Financial Times, January 27, 2010
Rising leverage is a good indicator of an emerging asset bubble. Writing in the Financial Times, Charles Roxburgh and Susan Lund urge policymakers to develop tools that could identify the next crisis years before it breaks.
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Dollar as reserve currency: Mixed signals
BusinessWeek, January 22, 2010
The world is debating the dollar's role as the global reserve currency, but business needs exchange rate stability—and has to push for clarity, Richard Dobbs and David Skilling write in a column for BusinessWeek.
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Imbalances that strain the eurozone
BusinessWeek, November 18, 2009
The steady rise in current account deficits and surpluses among eurozone countries has amplified the effect of the financial crisis in Europe and may dampen the recovery. Unwinding the imbalances over time will be an important, if complex, task for European policy makers, Susan Lund and Charles Roxburgh write in a column for BusinessWeek.
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Look to emerging economies
Forbes.com, September 25, 2009
Global capital markets are entering a new era, one in which the forces of growth have shifted, Susan Lund and Charles Roxburgh write in a column for Forbes.com.
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Unleashing the Chinese consumer
Newsweek International, September 5, 2009
The Middle Kingdom can pick up some of the slack left by rich country shoppers: Here's how.
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The New Power Brokers
Forbes.com, July 17, 2009
How petrodollar, Asian sovereign investors, hedge funds, and private equity are faring in the financial crisis.
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How to keep European customers buying
BusinessWeek, May 29, 2009
New research from the McKinsey Global Institute tags the ways consumers are changing their behavior during the recession. Here's how companies can respond.
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Not sky-high
Newsweek International, November 15, 2008
We can dramatically reduce greenhouse gases and grow the global economy for less than we think.
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Boosting Europe's energy productivity
BusinessWeek, September 17, 2008
Beyond bottom-line energy savings, there are seven major categories of opportunity for companies to improve energy efficiency.
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China's urbanization means rich rewards for business
BusinessWeek, September 12, 2008
As the number of Chinese living in cities explodes, the development opportunities are vast in every field.
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New thinking for a new financial order
Harvard Business Review, September 01, 2008
In order to develop appropriate new rules for the current era, we must begin to think differently about the rapidly evolving financial world, focusing on three key dimensions: activity on a global scale, new private and public actors, and financial activity taking place outside traditional publicly traded and regulated markets, Diana Farrell argues in the Harvard Business Review.
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The new power brokers
BusinessWeek, July 15, 2008
The past year has seen much financial unrest, but three players—Asian sovereign investors, oil exporters, and private equity firms—have helped stabilize the market.
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Where big is best
Newsweek International, May 17, 2008
The rise of megacities has created slums and chaos elsewhere, but in China, they are cleaner and more efficient.
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Growing pains
Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2008
China's dramatic economic growth is now presenting a new challenge: urban policy.
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Make way for the U-boomers
Forbes.com, April 03, 2008
With big appetites and small wallets, some 24 million Americans are still a huge market.
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The rise of the euro
BusinessWeek, March 21, 2008
The currency isn't simply growing in value. Its strength reflects euro zone financial-market vibrancy.
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Gulf states must use oil wealth wisely
BusinessWeek, February 05, 2008
Policy makers worldwide need to consider the global and domestic consequences of enormous capital investments from the oil-rich GCC.
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Why debt hasn’t killed us yet
Newsweek International, January 19, 2008
The U.S. current account deficit—the broadest measure of the trade gap—could rise from 5 or 6 percent to 9 percent of GDP, or $1.6 trillion, by 2012 as long as foreigners are eager to invest there.
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Boom time for retirees
Financial Times, December 05, 2007
New research by McKinsey shows that baby boomers will tighten their grip on America's economic levers over the next few years.
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Learning to let go: Making better exit decisions

The McKinsey Quarterly, 2006 Number 2
Psychological biases can make it difficult to get out of an ailing business.

Sweden's growth paradox

The McKinsey Quarterly, Web Exclusive, June 2006
Productivity is rising, but the level of employment among working-age people actually declined from 1992 to 2003.

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