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Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Leadership, Gender Gap, Education, Iceland, United States, World, Women, Laura Tyson, Larry Summers, Women in Business, Business, World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Index, World News
Leslie Grossman

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

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31 Reasons to Mind the Gender Gap

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Leadership, Politics, Women, Gender Gap, Education, Empowerment, Women and Politics, United States, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Saadia Zahidi, Laura Tyson, Ricardo Hausmann, Cherie Blair, Women's Funding Network, World News
Susan Sawyers

When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Out of 134 countries, our democratic nation comes in 31st place.

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Second Stimulus: How Would It Go Down?

Slate Magazine | Christopher Beam | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Laura Tyson, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus, Second Stimulus, Business News

Rumblings about a second stimulus package began over the weekend, when Vice President Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos on This Week that the admin...

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Second Stimulus: Laura Tyson, Obama Adviser, Says Economy Needs Boost

bloomberg.com | Shamim Adam | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Laura Tyson, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus Spending, Second Stimulus, Business News

July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approve...

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Obama is Selling the Small Business Administration to the Venture Capital Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: High Growth Companies, Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, Small Business Innovations Research, Innovation Research, Nvca, Venture Capital, Loopholes, Democrats, Karen Mills, Fraud, Defense Contracting, Barack Obama, Anderson Cooper, Laura Tyson, Sbir, American Small Business League, Republicans, Winslow Sargeant, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

I'm going to sound the alarm on the latest threat to federal small business contracting programs: Obama is going to support legislation that will allow the venture capital industry to dominate them.

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Laura Tyson: "The Democratic Coalition Is Badly Broken"

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Laura Tyson, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Laura Tyson, on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, says that the "Democratic coalition is badly broken." Do you suppose that struggle o...

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Obama Stimulus Plan Could Favor Venture Capitalists Over Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Barack Obama, Wolf Blitzer, Economy, Middle Class, Laura Tyson, National Venture Capital Association, American Small Business League, Democrats, Carly Fiorina, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama's plans will likely include support for a change in the federal definition of a small business as being "independently owned."

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Maddow Busts Morgan Stanley Board Member for Lack of Transparency

David Sirota | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Henry Paulson, Morgan Stanley, Maddow Transparency, Msnbc, Wall Street Bailout, Video, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Laura Tyson, Laura Tyson, Financial Crisis, Laura Tyson on Financial Company Boards, Laura Tyson Conflict of Interest, Media News
David Sirota

In the name of transparency, Rachel Maddow went back and clarified that a bailout-justifying guest of hers actually had a blatant conflict of interest.

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Estrogen for Obama

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Estrogen for Obama, Michelle Obama, Women in Politics, Howard Dean, National Women;s Leadership Issues Conference, Madeline Albright, Joe Biden, David Plouffe, Clintonistas, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Women's Vote, 2008 Presidential Election, Hilary Clinton, Robert Rubin, Oprah Winfrey, Jill Biden, Obama Enthusiasm, David Axelrod, Political Activism, Laura Tyson, Politics News
Sara Davidson

It's hard to describe how transported we felt walking out of that women's conference. Some were in tears. Others felt reassured to have heard in person the kind of policy Obama wants to enact.

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How Obama Can Demonstrate Real Leadership on the Economic Crisis

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Economy, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Don Imus, Robert Rubin, Phil Gramm, Barack Obama Wall Street Crisis, Mccain Phil Gramm, Laura Tyson, Financial Crisis, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

For Obama to show the kind of transformational leadership the crisis demands, he needs to do what so many of his critics have chided him for not doing: take a stand that puts him at odds with the establishment of his own Party. Read More WATCH: Arianna On The CBS Early Show Discussing America's Changing Perception of Sarah Palin The Palin Doctrine: Why the Neocons Are So Excited Sarah Palin may not have known what the Bush Doctrine was, but we're getting a pretty good idea of what the Palin Doctrine is. And what is it going to look like? Let's just say, it's going to seem familiar. Read More

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Dish After Davos: Magic and The Mountains

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Al Gore, Howard Dean, Davos, Dan Quayle, The Magic Mountain, Water Crisis, George Soros, Laura Tyson, Bono, Davos 2008, Wold Economic Forum, Business News
Susan Sawyers

Much like Thomas Mann's main character in The Magic Mountain, written in Davos, I was an "ordinary [wo]man," amongst a sea of world leaders and power brokers. This convergence of knowledge and influence in one place made for some heady observations and encounters.

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