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Emerging Technologies
commentary
Disneyland's Next Rival? The Theme Park in Your Living Room
William Welser IV
Jan 10, 2018
Wired UK
Cheap and capable technologies available to everyone allow entrepreneurs and gamers to compete with the large multinational firms that develop and deliver entertainment. In 2018 we will see the arrival of micro amusement parks with technology-based rides.
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Entrepreneurship
commentary
How Uganda Could Benefit from a Center for Food Innovation
Michele Abbott, Deborah A. Cohen @DrDebCohen
May 23, 2017
The RAND Blog
A training and innovation center that trains and certifies street food vendors to address issues related to food hygiene, safety, and quality would accelerate the growth of a new Ugandan cuisine that capitalizes on nutritious local ingredients in a sustainable manner.
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Entrepreneurship
commentary
What Street Food Vendors in Uganda Need to Succeed
Michele Abbott, Deborah A. Cohen @DrDebCohen
May 16, 2017
The RAND Blog
Street vendors in Kampala, Uganda, would benefit from infrastructure development, food safety standards, rules of hygiene, and greater focus on healthy products. The city's growing population also would benefit from increased access to nutritious and affordable foods.
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Economics
commentary
Book Review: 'Bourgeois Equality'
Charles Wolf, Jr.
Sep 30, 2016
The Weekly Standard
In Bourgeois Equality, economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey advances the theory that ideas — not capital, institutions, innovation, R&D, tax policy, monetary policy, or regulatory policy — are the propelling force behind economic and societal growth.
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Energy Consumption
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Power to the People: How Smart Grids Can Change the Way We Live
Apr 27, 2015
A modernized, 'smart' grid could change how much you pay for electricity, where it comes from, and how likely you are to lose it in a summer storm. But has the reality of the smart grid kept pace with the promise?
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Entrepreneurship
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Pardee RAND Graduate School Receives $1 Million Gift, Establishes Lynda and Stewart Resnick Endowed Scholarship
Oct 22, 2014
A $1 million gift from philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick will help Ph.D. candidates at the Pardee RAND Graduate School receive exceptional training today to embark on careers in public service.
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Employment and Unemployment
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Solutions for Youth Employment: New Coalition Takes on Pervasive, Persistent Global Problem
Haijing Crystal Huang, Nelly Josefina Mejia Gonzalez
Oct 17, 2014
The RAND Blog
Youth unemployment is a pervasive and persistent worldwide scourge: 75 million youth are unemployed now and that rate is expected to rise. RAND joined the World Bank, Accenture, International Youth Foundation, and others to form Solutions for Youth Employment, a unique coalition that acts to increase youth opportunities for productive employment.
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Employment and Unemployment
announcement
RAND Joins Coalition to Tackle Youth Unemployment
Oct 9, 2014
The RAND Corporation has joined the World Bank and other corporate and civil society leaders to establish Solutions for Youth Employment, a global coalition that acts to address the pervasive challenges of youth employment.
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Globalization
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Capitalism Still Works: Our Economy Will Recover Because We Are Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Sep 17, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
While soul-searching and even self-loathing are inevitable during a crisis, this is no time for America to shy away from a capitalist system that has produced decades of economic growth, writes Krishna Kumar.
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commentary
China Shows Advantages of Accessible Economy
William H. Overholt
Sep 27, 2004
Shanghai Daily
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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