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We don't talk about our clients publicly or to the media. But we do occasionally contribute articles or conduct interviews with leading publications to share our perspectives on critical business issues. Below is a selection of recent coverage.

Comparing urbanization in China and India
Financial Times, April 29, 2010
China and India are both urbanizing rapidly, but China has embraced and shaped the process, while India is still waking up to its urban realities and opportunities, Richard Dobbs and Shirish Sankhe write in the Financial Times.
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How Asian economies can compete and grow
Forbes, March 5, 2010
The global recession has raised some fundamental questions about the sustainability of export-led growth in Asia, Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jaana Remes note in a column for Forbes. In this environment, sustaining Asia's past growth rates will require broadening the sources of that growth. Asian governments can learn from international experience as they find ways of exiting their fiscal and monetary stimulus programs.
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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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