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TED@BCG focuses on the many meanings of growth

By Kate Torgovnick May, Olivia Cucinotta and Chelsea Catlett

on Jul 1, 2015

Growth is usually a good thing. For a person, it means more wisdom; for a business, it means more profit; for a country, it means increased prosperity. But growth has a darker side too: aging, a sense of impersonality, waste and pollution. At TED@BCG — the latest TED Institute event, held on June 30, 2015, […]

Why Africa is booming: Further watching and reading on the economic turnaround of the continent

By Kate Torgovnick May

on Oct 22, 2013

In today’s talk, economist Charles Robertson turns up the heat on an idea that’s been simmering for several years: that Africa is seeing rapid economic growth. Looking at statistics and at the precedents set by China and India, Robertson brings this idea to a full boil, saying that economists haven’t been nearly optimistic enough in […]