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The Fed: What is the Federal Reserve System?

Tom Spencer

The Fed has gained experience over the decades through dealing with stagflation, recessions, and other periods of economic downturn: the Great Depression , the great inflation of the 1970s, the great recession of 2008 , and the great lockdown of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. Or they can pursue narrower approaches, like research and thought leadership.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here is what peer-reviewed research contributes to the discussion on the effectiveness of virtual coaching. Although these benefits are very advantageous, the research does not support replacing face-to-face coaching with virtual coaching. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 63, 243–253. Charbonneau, M.A

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. in October for its biggest monthly drop since October 2008, while a 6.9% Smart people research. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777.68 points in intra-day trading.

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Research: How the Financial Crisis Drastically Increased Wealth Inequality in the U.S.

Harvard Business

Researchers have made major inroads into documenting trends in either income or wealth inequality in the United States, but we still know little about how the two evolve together — an important question to understand the causes of wealth inequality. Our research also studies the racial divide in wealth. We live in unequal times.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). Dr Welch, through his research, has concluded that human error triggers most attacks. So, why is data on devices prone to attack? Educate staff. Retrieved from [link].

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Why Your Employees Aren't Committed to Your Company Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Research has demonstrated a direct positive correlation between individual commitment to strategy and involvement in strategy development. It probably goes without needing scientific research to understand that face-to-face communication is the most effective type of communication. References: Amrollahi, A., & & Rowlands, B.