Insights on Economics, Finance, Business, and Education
We wonder why our society’s leaders don’t share our values. Yet we make it extremely difficult for those leadership positions to be occupied by women, immigrants, people of color, engaged parents, etc. Indra Nooyi, who became CEO of PepsiCo as an Indian-American woman, has been trying to do something about it.
Continue reading “Book Review: My Life In Full by Indra Nooyi”A hedge fund buys out a struggling retailer on the verge of bankruptcy. It’s a story told so much it has become a cliché. Naturally, one would expect that the next step is to gut the corporation, rob the employees of their pensions, and sell off whatever tangible and intangible assets they can get a few bucks for. But in 2019 when Elliott Management purchased Barnes & Noble Booksellers for $638 million, something different happened.
Continue reading “Did a Hedge Fund Buyout Finally Go Right?”Empire of Pain is a multi-generational biography of the Sackler family; it is an expose on one of the biggest business and medicine scandals of the last few decades; and it is a warning about how the tools that the government and our scientific and academic institutions can be manipulated to do people harm for profit.
Continue reading “Book Review: Empire of Pain”It’s the week before fall break, so I’m just gonna let movies and AI teach my class this week. I’m a terrible teacher, right? Before you rush to judgment, check out this lesson to see how I leverage a feature film and generative AI to create an engaging multi-day lesson. We’re not just watching a movie and answering questions, we’re applying 10 weeks worth of business class content and exercising writing and critical thinking skills.
Continue reading “The Founder Movie Class Discussion Activity”
Econ4All 