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Health

Realigning Health with Care

The misalignment between the expansive goal of “health” and a cramped
definition of “care” has cost the United States untold lives and treasure. Yet
realignment is in reach.

 

Economic Development

Can Management Consulting Help Small Firms Grow?

Economic development efforts are best served by testing and refining assumptions about what works.

 

Technology & Design

Coding a Better World

SocialCoding4Good is developing an online platform to match skilled employees from the technology sector with causes that need technical help.

 
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Social Entrepreneurship

Delivering the Goods

Entrepreneurs are setting up shop in the nation's urban food deserts.

 

Global Issues

Techno-Optimists Beware

Two books argue that entrepreneurs and technology are transforming the global economy.

 
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Health

A Lifeline for Mothers

Merck for Mothers—a 10-year, $500 million initiative—aims to improve the odds for vulnerable women around the globe.

 
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Technology & Design

Egypt’s No. 1 Net Activist

A riveting memoir by Egyptian revolutionary—and Google marketing executive—Wael Ghonim.

Reviewed By Micah Sifry | Summer 2012
 
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Social Entrepreneurship

Sustainability and Self-Interest

John Elkington argues in his latest book that a new set of entrepreneurs in business, government, and universities are reinventing capitalism.

 
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Social Entrepreneurship

Techno-Optimists Beware

Two books argue that entrepreneurs and technology are transforming the global economy.

 

Technology & Design

Virtual Models for Real Issues

Agent-based modeling—a form of computer visualization—is being used to analyze a range of public health issues.