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Many employers already pay minimum wage to illegal workers. Although some shifty employers may still exploit workers they can keep off the books, "I really don't think most serious corporations want that," says Jagdish Bhagwati, an economist at Columbia University. That's because, says John Gay, a lobbyist for the National Restaurant Association, "a steady supply of dependable labor is more important [than minimum wage] to employers trying to grow their business." Forecasts of labor shortages spook some employers; restaurants expect 15% job growth over 10 years, while the labor force is predicted to grow only...
Even if moderate drinking does confer health benefits, which it probably does, they are rather modest--certainly not stronger than the effect of small daily doses of aspirin on heart health. Indeed, according to Dr. Ira Goldberg, a preventive-medicine expert at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, the effect may be more in line with the apparent cardioprotective benefit of eating a modest portion of nuts each day. Nuts, of course, aren't as sexy as alcohol...
...devote his time to his students and to his classes.” Thurston was teaching even before arriving at HBS. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the US Army Air Force, where he taught flight instructors how to train pilots. After earning his masters in management from Columbia Business School, Thurston led the effort to incorporate new computing technologies at General Electric. He was one of the first at GE to use the original IBM mainframe computers. “He had considerable work experience before he came to our faculty and because of that, he brought...
...What Can You Do? It's now the mantra of emergency management officials everywhere: every household should have enough water, food and other supplies to last at least three days, as well as a family reunion and communication plan. And yet a 2005 survey by Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness found that only 29% of Americans had some or all the major elements of an emergency plan...
...does Rao bring business-school Type A's in touch with their inner yogi? He draws on his knowledge of Indian spirituality but speaks to businesspeople in a language they understand, says Sreedhar Kona, who took the course at Columbia in 2004. Rao has a Ph.D. in marketing from Columbia and spent half a dozen years in that business, including working in a pivotal position on promotions for the movie The Exorcist. It was then that he asked himself the question he regularly poses to his classes: "Is this what you want your legacy...