Going Meta On The Problem
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 5th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Going Meta On The Problem
Immediately after President Obama’s speech, Israeli television interviewed a strapping West Bank settler: “It was very professional,” he said, “very well crafted. It focused brilliantly on the rights of man. But he also quoted the Talmud; and if he…
10 Comments on Obama in Cairo – Still Accumulating, Not Expending Capital
The Obama team’s remarkable wordsmithery and the president’s unparalleled capacity for delivery were exquisitely on display again today in Cairo. But this speech should perhaps be remembered as much for what was not said. Gone was the arrogance and…
Diagnosing the Problem of Exploitative Work
Of the many important lessons in his work, Marshall Ganz reminds us that the essence of strategic capacity is information, social knowledge and getting the target right. So here’s my question for Thomas Frank: Forty-three million low wage workers…
