HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR On Strategy, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock new ways of doing business. Bain and Company partner Chris Zook says you may need to redefine your c... More »
HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR on Leadership, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. Astro Teller says there IS a vetted approach to creativity and decis... More »
Vice President Kamala Harris has been balancing the challenges of defending “Bidenomics” and charting her own course on the economy.As Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plans in recent weeks, former President Donald J. Trump has accused her of... More »
More faced hardship in the United States last year, the Census Bureau said, as inflation and the end of subsidies outweighed higher incomes.The nation’s poverty rate rose last year even as incomes improved, the government reported on Tuesday, reflecting higher... More »
Creating a U.S. investment fund to compete against those in China and the Middle East could create more problems than it would solve.Former President Donald J. Trump said a sovereign wealth fund would generate so much profit that it would help pay down the nat... More »
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review, I’m Alison Beard. Generative AI has been heralded as a breakthrough technology for workers in a wide variety of industries, and many companies are encouraging employees to experiment with,... More »
The former president has proposed using tariffs to fund child care, boost manufacturing, quell immigration and encourage use of the dollar. Economists are skeptical.It has been more than five years since former President Donald J. Trump called himself a “Tarif... More »
The labor market appears to have shifted into a lower gear, reinforcing concerns that businesses have little appetite to hire as interest rates weigh on investment and the path of consumer demand remains uncertain.Employers added 142,000 jobs in August on a se... More »
Federal Reserve officials are likely to pay close attention to Friday’s jobs report as they move toward their first rate cut since the 2020 pandemic downturn. The fresh data gave them reasons for both comfort and concern.Unemployment eased slightly to 4.2 perc... More »
Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward.China’s envy-inducing success in using industrial policy to expand its economy and finance green manufacturing has... More »
Former President Donald J. Trump called for the creation of a government efficiency commission in an economic speech in New York on Thursday, adopting a policy idea that was pitched to him by the billionaire businessman Elon Musk.Mr. Trump said that Mr. Musk w... More »
The Transportation Department ordered American, Delta, Southwest and United to share more information about their rewards practices to ensure they are fair to consumers and rivals.The Transportation Department announced on Thursday that it was investigating th... More »