Vikram Mansharamani
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Past articles by Vikram:
21 Global Developments to Watch Over the Next 5 Years
Unlike many others who tend to make predictions on a one-year view, I opt for a five-year look, as I believe time allows signals to surface amidst the ubiquitous noise. → Read More
Q&A on the Book Think for Yourself
The book Think for Yourself by Vikram Mansharamani provides a balanced approach to working with experts to help us deal with uncertainty. Instead of outsourcing our thinking to experts, we should tap into appropriate expertise when needed. Multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches can be used to see the whole picture and stay on top of things. → Read More
Harvard lecturer: 'No specific skill will get you ahead in the future'—but this 'way of thinking' will
To make it in today's world of rapid changes and uncertainties, successful business leaders like Jeff Bezos prove it's better to be a generalist, rather than a specialist. → Read More
Column: Cyber systems can both nourish and poison us. We need to focus on the latter
The same technologies that enable us to rapidly order an Uber or to instantaneously download the latest book by Michael Lewis can also empty our bank accounts or steal our identities. → Read More
Column: What Italy’s referendum means for the European Union
This weekend, Italians will vote on constitutional changes proposed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. And although the vote is technically about reforms the 41-year-old former Mayor of Florence wants to implement, Italians no longer see it that way. It's now a vote about the nation, its leadership and possibly even its future relationship with Europe. → Read More
Column: The shocking amount of leftover turkey that ends up in landfills
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects a shocking 35 percent of turkey meat does not get eaten during Thanksgiving. Where does it go? Into trash cans. → Read More
Column: Our infrastructure is in disrepair. Will Trump invest in it?
Investing in infrastructure could give the economy a much needed and almost immediate boost during a time of stubbornly low growth. → Read More
Column: Is the military’s unpredictable budget leading to a readiness crisis?
The United States may spend more money on its military than any other country in the world, but the Pentagon’s budget has suffered from a lack of predictability. → Read More
Column: With its currency woes, will Nigeria let market forces do their job?
Nigerian President Muhammudu Buhari has tried to control the currency market rather than allowing market forces to fully determine foreign exchange rates. But there are also signs of market liberalization. → Read More
Column: What shadow economies cost us in dollars and lives
We tend to think of markets as the open, above-ground institutions described in economics classes. But we miss a lot by ignoring the shadow economies that exist all over the world. → Read More
Column: Could Hurricane Matthew turn the tide in Florida’s voting?
The relationship between weather and turnout is proportional: the more extreme the weather, the more extreme its impact on turnout. → Read More
Column: This South Korean shipping company's collapse could affect you
The potential ripples of this far-off event are a useful reminder of how interconnected our daily lives are with global developments. → Read More
Column: Like it or not, these billionaires are shaping the direction of discovery
Today’s billionaires regularly channel their wealth into traditional areas of philanthropy like education and public health. But the richest of the rich are also devoting significant resources to futuristic moonshots. → Read More
Column: GDP is a useful measurement, but it doesn't show the whole picture
The size of the pie says nothing about how income is distributed. → Read More
Column: Its copper industry dulled, Chile’s future still looks bright as a penny
It’s only a matter of time before Chile’s economic chill thaws. → Read More
Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day
Political scandals and economic weakness have driven the party of Nelson Mandela to a moment of reckoning. → Read More
Column: The danger that could devastate our electrical grid
Spending now on infrastructure upgrades could save us from re-entering the dark ages. → Read More
Will business imperatives drive gender parity?
Achieving gender equality would unleash tremendous economic gains, potentially adding $4.3 trillion to America’s GDP by 2025. → Read More
Column: Forget the white picket fence, the American Dream is in the city
The suburbs still offer a great deal, but there’s a powerful countertrend that is increasingly hard to ignore: a renaissance in cities. → Read More
Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average
Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s. → Read More