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Leon M. Lederman

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Leon Max Lederman, a Nobel Laureate in Physics, is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.

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Transforming Science Education

Transforming Science Education

Oct 9, 2008 Leon M. Lederman on prosperity and declining education standards.

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The End of Physics?

The End of Physics?

Apr 9, 2001 Leon M. Lederman on changing attitudes toward the "hard" sciences.

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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?
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Crumbling Infrastructure – or Crumbling Cliché?

Todd G. Buchholz thinks the right question is whether more goods and services are being delivered on time than in the past.

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Net-Zero at Davos
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Net-Zero at Davos

Jules Kortenhorst hopes the global business community will heed the World Economic Forum's call to climate action.

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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks PS OnPoint
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Teaching Old Markets New Tricks

Preston McAfee & Simon Wilkie show how applied economics can be used to improve outcomes in everything from school matching to crowd control.

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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win PS OnPoint
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How a Democratic Counteroffensive Can Win

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Open societies have not always needed defending in the determined way that they do today. But the tide turned against them after the 2008 global financial crisis, and, more than a decade later, the threat posed by authoritarian nationalism continues to rise.

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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession
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America’s Debilitating Middle-East Obsession

Brahma Chellaney criticizes US President Donald Trump for perpetuating one of America's most self-defeating habits.

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The War on Talent
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The War on Talent

Anne-Marie Slaughter & Monica Chellam ask why the only function in US corporations where most leaders are women is treated as “office housekeeping.”

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Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains
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Combating Child Labor in Global Supply Chains

Kailash Satyarthi explains what governments, corporations, and civil society can do to end the practice once and for all.

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Restoring Fiscal Order in the United States
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Restoring Fiscal Order in the United States

John B. Taylor argues that a gradual consolidation path would make budget policy more permanent, pervasive, and predictable.

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