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January 1, 2014

Can American Health Care Get Healthy?

Dr. William A. Peck diagnoses the United States’ health care ills and prescribes a simpler way.

Health-policy expert Dr. William A. Peck, 80, has seen American health care evolve from the introduction of Medicaid in 1965 to today’s fierce political battle pitting Democrats against Republicans. A distinguished professor of medicine […] Read More

January 1, 2014

Why Canada Can't Keep Up

To close its yawning productivity gap with the rest of the developed world, Canada will have to restructure its economy.

For the past three decades, Canada has been stuck in a productivity rut that shows little sign of reversing despite almost 30 years of national debate, government reforms and new incentives. Today, Canadian worker productivity […] Read More

November 1, 2013

Fractured Nation

Why the chronically unemployed, undereducated, politically estranged and economically divided threaten America’s economic vitality and civic purpose

More than four years after the Great Recession, Americans are an unhappy, fractious lot.Much of the discord, according to public opinion polls, reflects a widening partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats on such issues as […] Read More

November 1, 2013

Where the Women Are

Strong diversity programs tap skills and talent that manufacturers can’t afford to ignore

More than a dozen Girl Scouts last spring learned a new skill: welding and plasma cutting, forming iron into shapes that could be used as decorations and lawn ornaments. The scouts, ages 10 to 14, […] Read More

November 1, 2013

Synergy, Customization, Service

Schupan & Sons CEO Marc Schupan on staying distinct from the competition—and ahead of it

As a young high school government teacher and coach, Marc Schupan wanted a change. While he pondered a future as either a college basketball coach or an attorney, he decided to work briefly in his […] Read More

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