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...some African economists and political leaders, the aid shortfall isn't necessarily the most critical problem. A fierce debate is playing out among aid and government officials about whether money for Africa is even worth it - ignited largely by the best-selling book Dead Aid, written by the Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, who argues that $1 trillion in Western aid during the past 50 years has left the continent more poor and dependent. Her sentiments were echoed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who wrote in the Financial Times last month that "as long as poor nations are focused on receiving...
...Brunn, James W. •first six chapters of book by reveal antipathy toward Jews...
...book And Then There's This, Harper's senior editor Bill Wasik tracks Web fads, viral marketing campaigns and the flash-mob phenomenon - which Wasik himself created - to determine just how little staying power trends have when faced with our fractured, hyperactive attention spans. Wasik talks to TIME about his findings, and why he can't stop looking at his RSS reader. (Read about how the Internet changed music...
...studying the Internet and viral trends, and you claim that everything moves too quickly. Isn't writing a book about that sort of counterintuitive? That is the paradox. While I was writing the book, I had to be constantly thinking about what a reader two years down the road would find funny and interesting. I think the lag time works because what I'm trying to get across is that we get so drunk with excitement about the little trends and stories that flit through our lives, but if you look at them in retrospect even a month down...
Circuit City. Lehman Brothers. Fannie Mae. The economic crisis has devastated a slew of companies that once ranked among the country's most admired. Best-selling author and corporate researcher Jim Collins spent five years studying the decline of great businesses for his fourth book, How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. He spoke with TIME about finding lessons amid the corporate wreckage, his choice for "entrepreneur of the decade" and why the rocky business climate may be here to stay. (See the top 10 bankruptcies...