rethinkchronicles

Chief Executive Magazine asked a cross-section of of CEOs to write about their outlook for the coming year. Editor J.P. Donlon said he was struck by their twin concerns about rising government spending and increasing taxes and regulations, as well as the effect both would have on what they regard as a fragile economic recovery.
Donlon [...]

A world famous investor, many would say the most successful, has joined the chorus advocating the theme of this website, “rethinking”.  In this case he refers to rethinking the global economic crisis.  Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. wrote to his investors “I made some errors of omission. When new facts came [...]

A think tank with the unwieldy moniker Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) advocates investment in the nation’s digital infrastructure as the most effective way to jump start the economy.

The scientists involved with ITIF single out three infrastructure projects that they claim can provide an important short-term boost to the economy. They are: broadband networks, health [...]

Stanford University’s role in energy research and national energy policy will expand as the result of newly announced alumni donations of $100 million. A new energy institute for the study of everything from solar cells to energy markets is being created.
University officials said Stanford’s existing energy-focused efforts will be consolidated in one site. The donations [...]

When your doctor greets you in the examining room he or she probably will have a notebook computer in hand.  If that is not the case now it soon will be.
The lawmakers in Washington are committed to a digital health care system and are backing that commitment with $20 billion.  The legislation goes by the [...]