Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
By: David A. Smith
[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]
Yesterday, riffing off a thought-provoking Harvard Business Review op-ed by Lawrence Candell from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories, we envisioned the composition of a Financial Invention Review Board (FIRB), and bestowed upon it hypothetical powers.
“That’s a lot of powers!”
Creating a new entity and bestowing upon it such far-reaching powers will [...]
By: David A. Smith
Before we unleash a new financial drug on the world, might it require some clinical field trials? That question lies behind a fascinating Harvard Business Review op-ed by of all people and places, Lawrence Candell from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories:
What can you do in a democracy when you rely on the private sector [...]
By: David A. Smith
Pirates have a real estate problem and a capital problem.
We’ve got the capital, now we need the real estate!
Like highwaymen (land pirates) and kidnappers (wilderness pirates), for their business they need a work environment of vast uncharted spaces and complete lawlessness – for which the high seas often serve admirably.
We’re [...]
By: David A. Smith
[Continued from yesterday’s Part 3a.]
[Continued from the previous Part 2b and Part 2a, which dealt with services and activities.]
[A previous trio, Part 1a, Part 1b, and Part 1c, covered the rules of engagement with clients.]
“What one man can invent another can discover,” said Holmes.
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
As we conclude this lengthy examination [...]
By: David A. Smith
[Continued from the previous Part 2b and Part 2a, which dealt with services and activities.]
[A previous trio, Part 1a, Part 1b, and Part 1c, covered the rules of engagement with clients.]
Now we come to the most interesting part of my narrative. Not all those who are clever are cut out to be [...]
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