Max Gladwell

As the financial crisis rips across the economy, it’s forcing innovation and adaptation on a scale that should make Darwin proud. This is no ordinary economic downturn. And so it won’t be an ordinary recession with an ordinary recovery. Some have been given to using the D-word, though we’d hesitate to go that far. It’s [...]

[Read more →]

The financial crisis has sparked plenty of analysis and debate about its impact on the environment. We round up a list of different perspectives. In our post titled The Time for Sustainability is Now, written in July, we speculated that high oil prices and the global economic meltdown (the meltdown before the meltdown) would trigger [...]

[Read more →]

Blogging your way to gainful employment in a troubled economy and competitive job market. Building your Resume 2.0. Survival of the fittest will be the guiding principle in this job market. There is a glut of high-quality talent hitting the market in just about every sector of the economy, just as fewer and fewer jobs [...]

[Read more →]

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart calls McCain on offshore drilling double-talk and offers some comic relief for the financial crisis. The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill compromise that lifts the ban on offshore drilling. This is similar to the bill being hammered out in the Senate that we fundamentally support. Of [...]

[Read more →]

In the best “Formidable Opponent” yet, Stephen Colbert debates offshore oil drilling with himself. We take the Democrats to task on blowing the issue entirely. Energy has quickly become the issue of issues in this year’s election. It’s not so much that anyone cares about energy security or pollution. The debate is not about forward-thinking [...]

[Read more →]