How The Simpsons Called an Economics Nobel Before Prediction Markets Existed
In a few weeks the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will name the 2026 Nobel laureate in economics, and the guessing is already under way. A cartoon got there first. In a 2010 episode of The Simpsons, the ten-year-old Milhouse fills in a children's Nobel betting pool and picks for economics an MIT professor, Bengt Holmström. Six years later Holmström won it. The prophecy was really a forecast, and this is how The Simpsons does it.
What Business Schools Are Learning About the Power of Starting Over
Reed Hastings described running his first company like, "Near-drowning." He got to start over as CEO of Netflix, and definitely enjoyed it more. The near-drowning had taught him how to swim. Business school students are learning that how you handle failure can define your future success.
4 Ways To Make A Co-CEO Partnership Last: Lessons From Netflix, Salesforce And Oracle
Are you seeking the perfect partner to share your (professional) life with? Perhaps you already have a significant other but struggle to make your relationship thrive. Whatever your situationship, we have the advice to help.
A Bar Of Gold Or An MBA? A Business-School Approach To Think About ROI And Real Value
A one-kilogram bar of gold is now worth roughly $155,000 - almost exactly the tuition fees for an MBA at Harvard Business School. That coincidence invites a deliciously uncomfortable question for anyone thinking about capital allocation. Is it smarter to buy gold at today’s record prices, or to invest in yourself by going to business school?
Is Emily Still Welcome in Paris (or Rome)?
Are Americans still safe - welcome, even - across Europe? Not physically unsafe in the narrow sense, but socially comfortable without the sense that a passport has become a liability. As attitudes shift in response to geopolitics, trade, and rhetoric, the experience of being “the American” is changing.
10 Of The Best And A Few Of The Rest – Our Wrap Up Of The Articles That Mattered To You In 2025
Whether you're planning for what comes next, or simply want to revisit the themes that have guided you through the year, we hope this reflection offers both perspective and inspiration for the year ahead.
The Influencers: Erin Meyer On Reading the Room, Anywhere in the World
Ranked among the world’s most influential thinkers by Thinkers50, Meyer has built a career out of decoding why people from different cultures hear the same words but interpret entirely different meanings, and why so many global teams fail not because of strategy or skill, but because of misread signals.
The Dangers Of Having A HiPPO In The Boardroom
When a company bases its decision making on the Highest Paid Person’s Opinion, the HiPPO is born. When one starts throwing its weight around in the boardroom, it can cause catastrophic damage...