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Recommended Reading: Napoleon (the Great?)

by robertrosenkranz on April 21, 2015

Let me begin with a disclosure: Andrew Roberts is a good friend, and a member of the Intelligence Squared Advisory Council.  He is a brilliant historian, but has been called a shameless name-dropper.

Thus, I am sure he wouldn’t mind my mentioning that at a dinner I hosted in honor of this book he more than held his own in debate with Henry Kissinger and Boris Johnson. His recent biography is titled Napoleon in America and Napoleon the Great in Britain.  And therein lies the debate.

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The People We Want To Be: David Brooks and The Road To Character

by robertrosenkranz on April 15, 2015

David Brooks, who has debated with Intelligence Squared U.S. several times and delivered the keynote address at our 100th debate celebration, summarizes his new book, The Road to Character.  Its the kind of secular sermon we need to hear and encourages us to think about what Brooks calls the “eulogy virtues” as distinguished from the “resume virtues.”

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Eight Percent Tax Free With A Government Guarantee

by robertrosenkranz on April 14, 2015

Originally Published in The Huffington Post on April 14, 2015 by Robert Rosenkranz

What’s the catch?

The catch is that the guarantee is from the government of Puerto Rico.

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is US territory. Its residents are US citizens who can move freely to any of the 50 States. In some ways they have the best of all worlds: all the privileges of US citizens, but an exemption from federal income taxes. And Puerto Rico, though it is not a State, has the privilege of issuing municipal bonds. Interest on those bonds is free from US taxes. Typical municipal bonds pay 3 percent returns these days. But Puerto Rico’s municipal bonds pay 8 percent or more.

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The Future of Innovation with Peter Thiel

by robertrosenkranz on April 9, 2015

Peter Thiel is one of our more interesting public intellectuals, who is often willing to take stances that challenge the conventional wisdom.

“Too many kids go to college” he argued in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate (pictured above). There, he made the point that less able students in second tier schools might be better off with vocational training (the model successfully followed in Germany and Switzerland), and that the most able students at top schools might be pushed to follow conformist career paths rather than express their entrepreneurial creativity.

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A Case for Art in the Workplace

by robertrosenkranz on April 7, 2015

For most, the phrase “corporate workplace art” conjures up benign landscapes, printed reproductions of gallery works, or forgettable prints that fail to even register with employees, blending away with the bustle of a busy work day.

As an avid and lifelong collector of art, from ancient sculpture to modern photography and even conceptual moving images, I believe in the influence of our aesthetic surroundings upon our shared daily experience. Unique, original and thoughtful art enriches our cultural and workplace lives, creating a vibrant and more productive environment. An inspired surrounding fosters creativity, regardless of an employee’s department or role within the organization.

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