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Going into Consulting in a World Changed by COVID-19

Tom Spencer

There will be an increased participation of government in the economy (at least temporarily) to support recovery from COVID-19 and any ensuing economic recessions. If we learned anything from the 2008 financial crisis, it is fair to say that in lean times private sector organizations have less resources available to invest in consulting.

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Save Lives vs. Save the Economy

CaseInterview.com

Prior to 2008, the financial sector grew way beyond enabling the rest of the economy. In the months after the stock market crash of 2008, many of those rocket scientists were laid off. The month before the crash of 2008, Las Vegas (which had a wildly speculative residential real estate market) had 40,000 mortgage brokers.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. The 2008 financial crisis saw Ben Bernanke, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, providing money to banks across the United States following the collapse of the housing market and subsequent defaults of mortgage backed securities.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

With 57 offices worldwide, Booz offers consulting services for top businesses, governments, and organizations. Besides their core competency – advising the federal government and its contractors – maybe this is why we could call them “America’s favorite.” Will Booz be on par with the top 3 someday?”

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3 Battles Worth Having at Work

Organizational Talent Consulting

Entropy is a fundamental concept governing life and work. Battle #3: Transactional Leadership Leadership is a relationship, and people are the most significant resources within an organization. Measure company results and the preferred company culture. Patterson, K., McMillan, R., Switzler, A., & & Gregory, E. Spears, L.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

MishTalk

What Has Government Done to Our Money? For example, in Italy, the Monti government introduced a tax on real estate, and 85% of Italians are owners. Montis government has made things worse, especially in the labor market. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140).

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Great Depression 2020? (Part 2)

CaseInterview.com

I made the case (that I still stand by) that a collapse of the consumer banking system (in the 1930s) and the investment banking system (in 2008) would not be reasons why our current economy would go into a depression. Government has published a list of essential industries. Additional Resources. I do not want free resources.