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Cracking the CEO Pay Puzzle Laura Vanderkam 03/06/2008
Why has executive compensation exploded in recent years? New York University’s Xavier Gabaix gives one answer.
Hoosier Fixer Christy Hall Robinson 02/29/2008
Indiana governor Mitch Daniels has brought a corporate mentality to the job of streamlining state bureaucracies.
Look to Sweden? Henry Olsen 02/26/2008
Some of Europe’s social democracies have jumped ahead of the United States on market-based reform.
Why the Crisis? Allan H. Meltzer 02/20/2008
The roots of the subprime meltdown are found in the financial industry’s compensation system and in the Basel Accords.
Graft Paper Michael Moynihan 02/11/2008
The economics of assassination might surprise you as much as they did Harvard's Ben Olken.
The Dangers of Wishful Thinking Richard S. Tedlow & David Ruben 02/04/2008
Too many U.S. businesses are infected with the disease of denial.
The American's 2008 Young Economist Award THE AMERICAN 01/04/2008
Raj Chetty of Berkeley Wins the $100,000 Research Grant.
Free Trade in the Dock Duncan Currie 12/28/2007
Supporters of globalization have a good case to make, writes DUNCAN CURRIE. But they will face a difficult environment in 2008.
Futurology Bruce McCall 12/12/2007
An Exit Strategy for Big Pharma Roger Bate 11/27/2007
It may be time for drug companies to invest only in countries that truly protect intellectual property rights, says ROGER BATE.

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