Government policy and regulation

Cap and trade could succeed where tariffs have failed.

It’s a resurgence other countries should understand before copying.

For the first 40-plus years of their existence, the federal securities laws did not require or prohibit specific managerial practices in the operation of business, other than a business in one of a handful of closely regulated industries. But with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the SEC is equipped to […]

And it's realizing that now.

Companies should care about "inclusive prosperity."

America’s banking crisis presents choices both perilous and promising. Perilous, because the failure to act intelligently will lead to the most serious economic collapse since the Great Depression. As much as 25% of the U.S. banking system—representing assets of more than $750 billion—has begun to post such massive loan losses that it must focus on […]

Encourage competition, reduce costs, and cover the poorest.

A surprising chart.

The board of trustees of a nonprofit organization has one responsibility: to keep the organization on a straight course for the long-term good of the whole. In other words, trustees exist to govern the organization—to monitor quality and to see to it that the organization fulfills its mission. But many trustee boards do not govern. […]

America, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism, now appears to be obsessed by "declinism"--the idea that something is fundamentally...

How the current system works, and why it needs fixing.

A wounded-but-wiser AT&T veteran recounts how one of the world’s biggest and best-known companies became one of its most battered—and explains how others can avoid that fate.

Today’s rules haven’t caught up to innovation.

Just ban them.

Because of globalization, the U.S.-owned corporation headquartered in the United States is no longer the vehicle for achieving U.S. competitiveness. Foreign-owned...

It’s a clear case study on the intersection of business and social activism.

We may soon say goodbye to "aha moments."

It’s a way to cut health care costs — without cutting coverage.

Companies routinely overestimate the attractiveness of foreign markets. Dazzled by the sheer size of untapped markets, they lose sight of the difficulties...

The battle to control the airwaves, from Herbert Hoover to Steve Jobs.