The Human Factor In So-Called “Natural” Disasters
Our family was fortunate this past weekend in not experiencing any property damage or loss of power from Hurricane Irene. 700,000 other residents of Connecticut were not so lucky. However, as I
Mike Critelli
Recollections of 9/11
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was in Pitney Bowes Stamford Main Plant building, having a difficult meeting with a group of factory employees, explaining why we needed to outsource much
Reflections at the Beginning of the New Year
On December 31, 2011, I watched a Connecticut Public TV special called From Hitler to Hollywood. It caught my attention because it profiled the process by which the German and Central European film
It’s About Learning, Not Educational Credentials
In the January, 2012, issue of The Atlantic Monthly, there is a lengthy article on the future of American manufacturing entitled “Making it in America”. In profiling an individual company called Standard Motor
The Future of the American Healthcare System
Many commentators state that the U.S. does not have a single health care system. They are correct: there are really eight different “systems.” Regardless of what happens with the legal challenges to
State Capitalism
In the January 21, 2012, issue of The Economist, the main focus of both the feature articles and the special report was on the resurgence of “state capitalism.” The magazine’s reporters described