- How to detect business fraud
LIKE A LOT of people, Carson Block found his vocation by accident. In 2010 he was living in China and trying to set up a business. His father asked him to look at Orient Paper, a Chinese firm listed in New York. He scoured the company’s filings and…
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- Melissa Dell wins the John Bates Clark medal
WHEN MELISSA DELL was an undergraduate she heard about some economics research that reminded her of a recent trip to Peru. It was no idle daydream. The study, by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and…
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- America’s cities and states face a cash crunch
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- America’s large firms can count on generous government support
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- Politicians in America and Europe scramble to help small firms
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