"Giving talent the freedom to pursue excellence in the workplace is a win-win for companies—and society."

>"As China cracks down on energy use, it could lead to a shortage of everything from textiles to electronic components."

"Researchers and activists argue the financial and human cost of hosting the Olympic Games may outweigh the benefits."

"The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games provide a wealth of information for analysts of the great-power competition in which China and the United States are now engaged. It also offers three crucial lessons, which if heeded, could help to defuse _...Read More_

>""Big push" investment booms often fail without reforms that lift productivity"

"The international spectacle has become increasingly synonymous with overspending, corruption, and autocratic regimes."

"Japan’s prime minister met with Pfizer’s CEO to ensure the drugmaker delivers COVID-19 vaccines as supply dwindles."

"The best-case scenario now is that Tokyo 2020 isn’t a super-spreader event that upends the economy in 2022 and beyond."

"The economic benefits of the Olympics are in question like never before."

>"With five weeks to go to the opening ceremony, a growing chorus is calling for the Games to be postponed or cancelled."