Education and Employment
November 18, 2009
Just over a year ago, while President Obama was running for office, he gave a major economic speech in Toledo, Ohio, during which he declared: “Today I’m proposing a number of steps
Category: Jobs Sustainability
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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In Praise of Optimism
November 5, 2009
In numerous posts about development and entrepreneurism, I have written about the optimistic nature of entrepreneurs. The Lebanese-born, American writer Khalil Gibran, once wrote: “The optimist sees the rose and not its
Optimism and Pessimism
September 21, 2009
Since the current recession began, I have been touting the importance of entrepreneurs in getting the economy back on its feet. One of the characteristics possessed by most entrepreneurs — one that
Science and Jobs
September 16, 2009
New York Times‘ columnist Bob Herbert claims “the biggest issue confronting ordinary Americans right now — the biggest by far — is the devastatingly weak employment environment. Politicians talk about it, but
Are Demographics Beginning to Change?
August 18, 2009
A recent article in The Economist declared that “demography means virtually all of us will have to work longer [“The end of retirement,” 27 June 2009 print issue]. It went on to
The Mismatch of Available Jobs and Skills
May 14, 2009
In a post entitled India’s Three E’s: Entrepreneurs, Economics, & Education, I noted that many educated India’s can’t find work because they don’t have the skills that employers are seeking. Less than
The Emergence of North Africa
March 24, 2009
For decades, the Maghreb has been best known for being part of the arc of crisis that begins at Gibraltar and ends in Pakistan. Maghreb is an Arabic word meaning “place of
Job Creation and State Capitalism
March 9, 2009
State capitalism is defined as an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but in which there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production. With the huge stimulus packages
On Becoming Nomads
December 1, 2008
Earlier this year, The Economist published a series of articles discussing how wireless communications is changing our lives and making us nomads [“Our nomadic future,” 12 April 2008 print edition]. The article
Reviving U.S. Manufacturing
July 10, 2008
In a recent post entitled “Development-in-a-Box™ at Home in America,” I focused on an op-ed piece by Thomas Friedman. In that piece, he chided U.S. politicians for not embracing policies that fostered
