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Politicians are often hypocrites on these issues of unpaid/low paid internships, and minimum wages, in that they vote for them, but there is often an exception for themselves and their offices. This is Jan Helfeld interviewing Nancy Pelosi on this issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pFC3LKMIQo.
Unpaid or Low-Paid Internships
Unpaid or low-paid internships, during which novitiates gain work experience and a line on the resume, and maybe even learn some useful skills, have come under attack lately. It is argued, and probably correctly, that only the young people who have some other means of support (well-off parents, ...
A link to the Pfeffer article: http://bit.ly/pekX1H.
Is It Sometimes Rational to Select Leaders Randomly? A Cool Old Study
This term at Stanford, I am teaching a doctoral seminar on leadership. Of course, this one of the broadest and most confusing topics on earth. I am not qualified to teach a seminar on love or religion; so, for me, this is the most vexing topic I can teach. The topic for the first meeting was ...
It reminds me of "The General Theory of the Second Best" by Lipsey & Lancaster (http://www.jstor.org/pss/2296233). In certain circumstances, the second best solution is better than the best.
Richard Feynman On The Folly Of Crafting Precise Definitions
One of my best friends in graduate school was a former physics major named Larry Ford. When behavioral scientists started pushing for precise definitions of concepts like effectiveness and leadership, he would sometimes confuse them (even though Larry is a very precise thinker) by arguing "ther...
Corporations hoard cash (WSJ, via JunkCharts): http://bit.ly/4E5G9k
Cashing in good
A superb effort by the Wall Street Journal. This chart tells us corporations are hoarding cash, and the level of stashing varies by industry. The article is here, and the interactive version of the chart here. Clicking on each small multiple reveals the detailed trajectory over the 20-yea...
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