Author Archive

Are the Roots of the US Economy Irreparably Severed?

In the 1979 motion picture Being There, Peter Sellers played Chance the Gardener, a man said to be “stuffed with rice pudding between the ears.” Nevertheless, it was Chance who offered a piece of brilliant advice that would serve the President of the United States well in our current state of economic crisis: “…as long [...]

March 9th, 2009 - By Joseph Lee, Adjunct Professor


Why Change Happens in Politics–NOT in Business

Barack Obama swept into the nation’s capitol, and with a few scribbles of his name, started the process of dismantling eight years of Bush policies. He faces a Congress that will largely embrace his changes, mostly because the Democrats have a comfortable majority in the House and only a 2-seat deficit to get to the [...]

March 2nd, 2009 - By Joseph Lee, Adjunct Professor