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Links of the Week

BB&T's CEO John Allison speaks at Darden on the company's culture.

A theoretical physicist on the mess that is the markets these days.

Ethical brands and adventures in scaling up.

Immigration - not as bad as you think.

An interview with Michael Porter on strategery.

Was the wealth of nations determined in 1000 BC?

Michelle Rhee > DC Teachers' Unions

Racial profiling is alive and well.

Urban inequality: the rich getting richer, not the poor getting poorer.

Andrew Sullivan: The top 10 reasons a conservative should vote for Obama.

Thinking of going to professional school?  Med school isn't what it used to be...

From Farmland to Factories

“If the price is right, people will sacrifice the emotional attachment, but if you no longer have the guarantee of living off the land, then what do you do?” asked Subir Gokarn, chief economist for Standard & Poor’s in India. “The people who are being displaced are not the people who see themselves as benefiting immediately from the employment opportunities.”

An interesting account from the Times on economic transition in India.

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