What We’re Reading@BSP

If there’s a theme this month, it’s the difficulty of making change for the better in business and society stick in times of turbulence.

What can be learned by examining the state of business and society in the context of what came before this administration, and what may come next?

What roles do policy, consumer demand and managers play in delivering innovation that creates value for business and society?

Effective change is challenging, but can happen on both larger and smaller scales.

Given the imperfect alignment of economic theory and our current economic reality, is progress just a matter of time?

Should we be looking at inflation as the outcome of policy decisions long in the making—on climate, and housing, and the interplay of the two?

This month, for every positive story on a given issue, there’s a counterweight, and vice versa.

At the end of the first month of the new year, we ask: Is the future no longer what it used to be?

As 2023 comes to a close, hope can come in surprising ways.

As the end of 2023 nears, what are the choices (and challenges) facing consumers, workers, investors and innovators?