In the age of Obama, many people believe we are living in a “post-racial” world. But race continues to polarize people and cities. Ferguson, MO was not a town most people knew before 2015, but now it has come to…
Read MoreNon-GAAP reporting, financial reporting that doesn’t conform to generally accepted accounting principles, is finally being addressed by SEC Chair, Mary Jo White. At the recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, White questioned whether companies have “gone overboard” with Non-GAAP…
Read MoreIn 2010, the Supreme Court decision, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, gave corporations some of the same free speech protections as people. The decision teetered on the question of whether corporations were protected under the First Amendment to express…
Read MoreImagine a world without a high-speed internet connection. No WebMD for figuring out the source of your back pain, no Monster for uploading your resume to find a new job, no New York Times for finding out information on presidential…
Read MoreMost people know little to nothing about if and how prisoners receive healthcare. Some might question whether prisoners even deserve healthcare. So thankfully we have the rule of law to inform our decisions. In 1976 the Supreme Court ruled (Estelle…
Read MoreNYT recently reported on a new report from Brookings & the American Enterprise Institute on ending poverty. New reports on poverty come out all the time with little fanfare, but this one is different. The working group of authors come…
Read More38% of CUNY students live in a household with an income of less than $20,000. 42.2% of CUNY students are the first in their family to go to college. CUNY and other public universities, play a distinct role in advancing…
Read MoreRisk Management’s take on income inequality is a must-read for risk managers. It is also a sign that income inequality is close to hitting home for corporate America. January 1, 2017 ushers in new SEC rules for public companies, mandating…
Read More18-34 year old women will change the world. I instinctively know this. Why? Because they think in ways feminists of my generation and generations past can’t. Perfect example. Ask them who today’s feminists are? Beyonce, Carly Fiorina, Jennifer Lawrence, Sheryl…
Read MoreLast week Goldman Sachs entered the territory of the surreal. Analyzing profit margins, Goldman observed, in a period of below-trend global growth, weak demand, and industrial overcapacity, margins should revert to the mean and come down. But what if they…
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