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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics Goes To…..
The Nobel in Econ (a/k/a The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) for 2024 was awarded a few days ago to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and to James Robinson of the University of Chicago. Here at Adam Smith, Esq., we try to... read more +Key Pages of Our Site Now in Spanish
With the addition to our team of Antonio Leal Holguin, our Director based in Bogota, it was time to add a Spanish language version of key pages of our site. They are: Our services and what we do (this also links to case studies in Spanish); Bruce's background;...
A Parable of Client Service
A parable of client service in four acts. The wireless providers' market in the US (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) has achieved saturation. Subject to rounding errors, every American from age 10 to age 90 has a smartphone. Among the providers, it's a battle for...
LinkedIn “Share” Button On Every Article
Dear hyper-connected readers: "Due to popular demand," as they say, we have now incorporated a magic LinkedIn Share button in the footer of every article and column we publish. It appears at the bottom of every page of multi-page articles, not just the last one, and...
Question of the Month
Over the past few decades, every other sizable sector of the professional services industry has switched wholesale from being organized as partnerships to being organized as corporations. This includes: Management consultants, such as McKinsey, BCG, and Bain;...
Commencement Speech by John Roberts
Unknown to me was that Chief Justice John Roberts' son has been attending, and just graduated (9th grade) from Cardigan Mountain School in New Hampshire. Dad delivered the commencement address. An excerpt: Now the commencement speakers will typically also wish you...