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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Unfortunately, companies in the lean community don’t seem to take much note of, or try to copy these experiments, probably because the benefits aren’t reflected on the income statement or balance sheet.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

Of course, there are also myriad books and reference guides on the topic. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. You “just need to take initiative ,” he says.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent. Of course this is possible, but it is highly improbable and, if it came to pass, would be truly unprecedented in modern economic history.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

The principal goal of the Bretton Woods System was to create an efficient foreign exchange system in order to promote trade and economic growth while at the same time preventing countries from engaging in competitive currency devaluations. Of course, some countries do have different monetary policies.

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Pettis on Debt, Malinvestments, Hidden Losses, and China's GDP

MishTalk

Failure to recognize the investment losses will, of course, artificially boost GDP growth today, but it must also artificially reduce GDP growth tomorrow as the recognition of those losses is simply postponed, not eliminated. If it does not, it cannot possibly be a valid model to describe China’s economy, and its predictions are useless.

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business

This spread of risk, of course, also prevented a merchant from absconding with his ship’s goods and never reuniting with the other traders; he’d have too much to lose. In this manner, no single loss would be catastrophic. In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance.

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The 3 Company Crises Boards Should Watch For

Harvard Business

Another CEO used prodigious management skills to successfully consolidate, grow, and dramatically increase the efficiency of a vertically integrated industrial company. To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine.

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