Brian Gongol
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Absolutely, positively not. Professional licensure for managers is just about the worst possible idea -- as it would, among other things, entrench bad ideas about management as a sort of canon law within business. To paraphrase Milton Friedman, the obligation of a business is to make money. Specifically, the business should seek to make money over the longest possible time horizon. That's best done through long-term planning and patient execution of routine tasks, along with quick reaction to changes in the marketplace. Certifications and licenses would be a step in the opposite direction, suggesting that there's some form of training that makes a person a good manager, rather than a set of habits and practices.
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Inflation is bounding upwards, and if they can't find economic stability quickly, the country could find itself moving backwards on political freedom -- and that's a scary prospect
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A frightening prospect, particularly for those who still have time left to be coughing up payroll taxes. OASDI currently takes a 12.4% cut from every paycheck, and that would have to rise.
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The soft-drink company is changing a whole bunch of its logos and brand marks, and the results are profoundly unimpressive. They resort to trendy fonts and inexplicable fooling around with the classic Pepsi globe logo. It's a really bad decision.