The New York Times has a serious ethical issue. Because Steve Rattner is a childhood friend of Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the newspaper’s publisher and scion of the founding family, he is allowed to write articles on the op ed pages like this one today. In an otherwise completely pedestrian piece, Rattner is allowed to score […]…
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Wall Street Journal Does An Ideological Ambush
I’ve been doing a slow burn about this hatchet job. Antoine van Agtmael and journalist Fred Bakker have a new book out entitled, “The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are The Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation.” This is a familiar theme to me because I was the editor of the 1992 Business Week cover […]…
China Watchers: Reform Is Over
The mainstream of China watchers are finally beginning to face up to the fact that President Xi Jinping is determined to impose a very different political and economic model on his country than what many in the West had hoped for. In this very fine piece for China File, Thomas Kellogg of the Open Air Foundations […]…
How To Disrupt Yourself–Before Someone Else Does
Here’s my latest piece on innovation, appearing in Chief Executive. Disrupt Yourself—Before Someone Else Does How established companies can bring out new products that compete with the old. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to LinkedInShare to TwitterShare to EmailShare to PrintMore AddThis Share options Posted by: William J. Holstein May 18, 2016 Matco Tools had a […]…
Gregg Easterbrook Gets It Half Right on America’s Woes
Gregg Easterbrook posed an intriguing question in yesterday’s New York Times: if America is doing relatively well in the world in so many respects, why is it, in his words, that optimism has become uncool? First, to reinforce his essential point, look around the world. The United States is an island of relative stability and true […]…
