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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

On February 13, 2018, the New York Times reported that Uber is planning an IPO. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balance sheet. steven moore for hbr.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

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The Cantillon Effect

Tom Spencer

In 2020, the Fed has galloped over the precipice, increasing its balance sheet by around $2.8 Rising prices over time create an incentive for production to move abroad, and the resulting decrease in productive capacity causes a society to decline. This inadvertently fuels asset bubbles and financial instability.

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