Blog Archives: January 2009
January 30, 2009
The “D” Word
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
The “D” word—not Davos, but depression—ruled conversation at a dinner hosted by Corporate Knights and Innovest and headlined by George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, and Lord Nicholas Stern. Read more
January 29, 2009
Designing the New Economy
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
Davos is scheduled with military precision. The World Economic Forum plans the event to the last detail, and participants like me run frantically in the snow from meeting to meeting. But it’s the chance encounters that tend to make the time here especially worthwhile. Read more
January 29, 2009
Food, Water, and Energy: Integrated Solutions
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
On opening day at the World Economic Forum in Davos, I moderated a session looking at integrated solutions to food, water, and energy security. Read more
January 28, 2009
Dispatches from Davos: Pre-Flight
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
The theme for this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is “Shaping the Post-Crisis World.” And the question on everyone’s mind is “when exactly will this post-crisis world be starting?” Soon, we all hope. Read more
January 27, 2009
Sorry Mr. Kristof, We Don’t Need More Sweatshops
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
With his January 14 column in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof succeeded in sparking a debate over the role of "sweatshops" (his term) in economic development. Unfortunately, he failed in analyzing the question and presents a false choice between the roles of the informal and formal economy in economic development. Read more
January 27, 2009
Sustainable Saudi Arabia?
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
While for some people sustainable Saudi Arabia is an oxymoron, this past weekend’s Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh suggests that particular thinking may be a thing of the past. Read more
January 26, 2009
Change Has Come to the White House
Aron Cramer , President and CEO
For this first entry for BSR's blog, and our entry into the blogosphere, it seems appropriate to touch on Barack Obama's first day as U.S. president. Read more
