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Richard Dobbs

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Richard Dobbs is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute and co-author of No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends.

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  1. Managing the Age of Disruption
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    Managing the Age of Disruption

    Jun 5, 2015 Richard Dobbs, et al. advise firms on how to thrive amid unprecedented economic transformation.

  2. The Global Obesity Threat
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    The Global Obesity Threat

    Apr 2, 2015 Richard Dobbs & Boyd Swinburn warn that rising obesity rates are not just a health concern, but a threat to the world economy.

  3. When Easy Money Ends

    When Easy Money Ends

    Jan 28, 2014 Richard Cooper & Richard Dobbs examine how the end of quantitative easing will affect different economic actors.

  4. Myanmar’s Moment?
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    Myanmar’s Moment?

    Jun 7, 2013 Martin Neil Baily & Richard Dobbs

  5. China’s E-Tail Revolution
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    China’s E-Tail Revolution

    May 14, 2013 Richard Cooper & Richard Dobbs

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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