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DECEMBER 2008

Why Americans pay more for health care

The United States spends more on health care than comparable countries do and more than its wealth would suggest. Here’s how—and why.
DECEMBER 2008

Three imperatives for improving US health care

Making health care more affordable is the key to making the US system sustainable. We can bring three of the largest sources of underlying costs and their growth under control.

DECEMBER 2008

Economic conditions snapshot, December 2008: McKinsey Global Survey Results

A survey in the field from December 2 to December 8 describes a tough month. Compared with one month earlier, twice as many executives now expect their companies’ profit to fall in 2009, and more than half expect deflation in their countries in the first quarter. Small, private companies are still doing better than others.
DECEMBER 2008

Klaus Kleinfeld on the global downturn

Alcoa’s CEO sees risks in antibusiness rhetoric, but also a chance for speedier recovery.

DECEMBER 2008

A fresh look at strategy under uncertainty: An interview

Although even the highest levels of uncertainty don’t prevent businesses from analyzing predicaments rationally, says author Hugh Courtney, the financial crisis has shown us the limits of our tools—and minds.
NOVEMBER 2008

Turning around a struggling airline: An interview with the CEO of Malaysia Airlines

Idris Jala led the state-controlled carrier from the brink of bankruptcy to record-breaking profits. Now he wants it to become what he calls a “five-star value carrier.”
NOVEMBER 2008

Better communications for better investors: An interview with the CFO of Gartner

Gartner CFO Christopher Lafond discusses the company’s assertive approach to managing relationships with investors.
SEPTEMBER 2008

Google’s view on the future of business: An interview with CEO Eric Schmidt

How the Internet will change the nature of competition, innovation, and company operations.

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DECEMBER 2008

Leading through uncertainty
DECEMBER 2008

Strategy in a ‘structural break’
DECEMBER 2008

Financial crises, past and present

Panetta on change

The Wall Street Journal reports that Leon Panetta, former chief of staff for Bill Clinton, has been picked by President-elect Barack Obama to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. In this interview, conducted a few months ago, Panetta talks with The Quarterly about openness and leadership---how to develop it and how it can drive effective policy change.

NOVEMBER 2008

Perspectives on change: A former chief of staff reflects

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OCTOBER 2008

How IT can cut carbon emissions

Information and communications technologies will become a major source of greenhouse gas emissions but can abate far more of them.

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