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A few years ago, the noted economist Benjamin Friedman laid out the moral case for a progressive commitment to robust economic growth. Growth, he argued, increases opportunity and mobility, makes fairness more likely, and strengthens support for tolerance and democracy. At the same time, he offered two caveats. First, to achieve these results, growth must…

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The capital sports plenty of companies large and small, a strong economy, low jobless rates and, of course, a huge governmental infrastructure to lean on.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/washington-tops-best-cities-for-business-2011-12-13

TED Talks Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF’s Jason Clay says global markets will shift to protect the planet our consumption has already outgrown. Hear how his extraordinary roundtables are getting big brand rivals to agree on green practices first — before their products duke it out on store shelves.http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/jason_clay_how_big_brands_can_save_biodiversity.html

TED Talks Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead “big box” stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlandshttp://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia.html

A real estate investor owns a big office-building complex and decides he needs $10 million to invest in energy-efficient improvements. He goes to the bank, where the loan officer says, “Sorry, we don’t do that kind of thing.”http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research-news/retrofitting-mortgage-underwriting-energy-efficiency-provides-benefits-buyers-and

Innovation drives markets. But when innovation is left unharnessed and spreads too fast, regulation can’t keep up and innovation implodes. Jo-Ellen Pozner studies organizational legitimacy and corporate governance and analyzed how the diffusion of innovative practices contributed to the 2008 financial crisis causing “terminal isomorphism” and the mortgage market meltdown.http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research-news/lessons-financial-crisis-what%E2%80%99s-good-one-organization-can-topple-entire-industry

Scott Neslin and M. Eric Johnson unravel the mysteries behind Groupon’s unparalleled success-and discuss its possible agents of doom.http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/articles/the-pros-and-cons-of-groupon/

A new report on Beaufort County’s approach to economic development calls for stronger ties with Jasper County, more business participation in public-private partnerships, and better accountability through annual performance evaluations.http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/09/27/1808813/task-force-unveils-economic-development.html

A string of blunders has put Netflix in the inauspicious company of Enron and BP, says Tuck communications professor Paul Argenti.http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/news/articles/in-bad-company/