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Column: Early Voting is a Terrible Idea, and California’s Primary Proves it

Meanwhile, the idea that your preferred policies would triumph if everyone voted is, at best, unproven and probably unlikely. As Jason Brennan, a professor at Georgetown…

March 2, 2020

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How Does Coronavirus Impact Online Commerce?

The coronavirus is spreading throughout the world, causing fear of investors, falling stock markets and causing operational disruptions in many industries. The debate with José…

February 29, 2020

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Will Coronavirus Cause a Global Recession? We Still Don’t Know.

“It’s a potential threat to the global economy as it goes on longer,” Rohan Williamson, a professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business,…

February 28, 2020

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How Business Education Will Change in 2020 and Beyond

“The business of business education is rapidly changing, mostly in response to the fast pace of change in the world,” says Paul Almeida, dean at Georgetown University’s…

February 27, 2020

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Ready or Not, Amazon’s HQ2 is About to Redefine the D.C. Area’s Startup Economy

While Amazon says it plans to build out a 2.1-million-square-foot development with two 22-story buildings and hire 25,000 workers in the area over the next 10 years, the ripple…

February 26, 2020

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How Coronavirus is Infecting the World Economy

With the world’s economy more interdependent than ever - how are governments and business leaders handling the crisis? And will we be prepared if the virus - and its economic…

February 26, 2020

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4 Ways to Identify Toxic Employees Before Hiring Them

As Christine Porath wrote for Harvard Business Review, look for signs of civility. “Understanding how the candidate behaved in the past will help you assess whether they’ll…

February 24, 2020

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Trauma and the Criminal Justice System – My Experience

An op-ed by Pivot Fellow Yusef Rabb: On May 9, 1991, I entered the judicial system as an 18-year-old man-child from South East Washington, D.C . 1991 was one of the more volatile…

February 23, 2020

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Here’s Why the $13 Billion E-Trade Deal Makes Sense for Morgan Stanley

“E-Trade really is a bank these days just like Morgan Stanley,” Georgetown University McDonough School of Business associate professor James Angel said. “And the nice thing…

February 21, 2020

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Should CEOs Stay on the Board After They Step Down?

"The Conference Board’s latest report on CEO succession practices, coauthored by Georgetown University professor Jason Schloetzer, finds that “while common in the past, this…

February 20, 2020