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Software as a Servic |
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Barely are any of the problems encountered in the day-to-day use of a computer or network the fault of the hardware. The glitches, stops, starts, and crashes are the result of bad software ?programs that are too complex, poorly written, crammed with too many features, or that conflict with other programs. |
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Oil Speculators Fina |
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In March 2005, Goldman Sachs warned that the oil market was in the early stages of a “super spike,” and predicted that oil prices could soon rise to $105 a barrel.1 At the time, the price of a barrel of oil stood at $57. |
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Nutrition Deferred |
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Today, much of the world remains malnourished, despite the increasing availability of technological solutions to the problem. What we’ve done is defer nutrition for hungry people because of widespread fear of genetically modified foods. |
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The World Is Swimmin |
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An old saying tells us, “You can never be too thin or too rich.” But the truth is that you can have too much cash. Today, the developing world and Europe are spending less money than they are taking in, and the result is a surplus of savings that the global economy must somehow learn to use effectively.
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The New Era of Publi |
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As Bill Clinton acknowledged in 1995, “The era of big government is over.” However, society still needs to make investments in huge infrastructure projects like highways, dams, and cultural institutions. When developing these big projects while maintaining a smaller government, the solution is increasingly to turn to “public-private partnerships,” to which both government and private enterprise bring their unique advantages. |
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