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  1. Want to Connect with Your Audience? Stop Trying to Impress Them
    Good ideas and technical expertise alone won’t cut it. An expert offers four tips on giving a great presentation.
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  2. How Are Black–White Biracial People Perceived in Terms of Race?
    Understanding the answer—and why black and white Americans may percieve biracial people differently—is increasingly important in a multiracial society.
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  3. Why Do Some People Succeed after Failing, While Others Continue to Flounder?
    A new study dispels some of the mystery behind success after failure.
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  4. Do You Overprepare? Here Are 4 Ways to Curb This Perfectionist Tendency.
    Women are particularly susceptible to the overpreparation trap, argues Ellen Taaffe in this excerpt from her new book, The Mirrored Door.
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  5. Which Form of Government Is Best?
    Democracies may not outlast dictatorships, but they adapt better.
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  6. The Dos and Don’ts of Regulating AI
    How can governments capitalize on AI’s benefits while minimizing its dangers? New research examines several policies—and identifies a promising approach.
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  7. Will AI Eventually Replace Doctors?
    Maybe not entirely. But the doctor–patient relationship is likely to change dramatically.
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  8. What Would a Capital One–Discover Deal Really Mean?
    A financial expert considers the acquisition’s potential impact on credit-card networks, merchants, and consumers.
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  9. Could Remote Work Hurt On-the-Job Learning?
    We are more likely to learn from our collaborators when we are in close proximity to them, a new study finds.
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  10. What Went Wrong at AIG?
    Unpacking the insurance giant's collapse during the 2008 financial crisis.
    What went wrong during the AIG financial crisis?
  11. What Game Theory Can Teach Us about RICO Prosecutions
    “If you’re on trial with 17 other people, the fear that somebody else will confess becomes much more realistic.”
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  12. Podcast: Need to Make a Point? Tell a Good Story.
    Plus: more leadership advice in this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight” series.
  13. What’s at Stake in the UFC Antitrust Case?
    The outcome of the mixed-martial-arts saga could have wide-ranging implications for the future of global sports entertainment.
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  14. When New Technology Arrives, Who Wins and Who Loses?
    For tools that assist but don’t replace workers, novices benefit, while experienced employees take a hit.
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  15. What Happens to Worker Productivity after a Minimum Wage Increase?
    A pay raise boosts productivity for some—but the impact on the bottom line is more complicated.
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  16. One Key to a Happy Marriage? A Joint Bank Account.
    Merging finances helps newlyweds align their financial goals and avoid scorekeeping.
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  17. Immigrants to the U.S. Create More Jobs than They Take
    A new study finds that immigrants are far more likely to found companies—both large and small—than native-born Americans.
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