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Richard Rapp Joins Adam Smith, Esq.
It is with great personal and professional pleasure that we announce Richard Rapp is joining Adam Smith, Esq. as Senior Advisor. Those of you who have learned even a little about the consulting side of Adam Smith, Esq. know that we have remained small by choice, reflecting our conviction that the most challenging and sophisticated
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Wish You’d Been Here
As I hope many of you saw, we held a launch party for Growth Is Dead: Now What? here in New York about ten days ago, and some photos are now back. Our generous friends at Above the Law hosted the event, which was held at the NoMad Hotel on Broadway at 28th Street. We’re
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“Growth Is Dead” Launch Party
A gentle reminder, dear readers: Our friends at Above the Law have published a short interview with me about the genesis of Growth Is Dead (with a convenient link to the registration page for the launch party; remember it’s free). Hope to see you there!
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Growth Is Dead Party: Update
Update: Growth Is Dead: Now What? Book launch party Pete Kalis to join yours truly You don’t want to miss this Tuesday February 26/New York You’re invited! Dear Readers, To make the launch party for our new book, Growth Is Dead: Now What? even better, the irrepressible Pete Kalis will join in on the discussion. Not
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In London This Week
I’m heading off to London tomorrow for a week over there. I realized I probably ought to let readers know since the UK is our second largest source of readers here on Adam Smith, Esq. I’m afraid this trip is pretty much booked solid but if you’re in the UK and would like to
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“Growth is Dead” Now an e-Book
We are delighted to announce that we have just published the complete 12-part series Growth is Dead as an e-book. Demand from you, Dear Readers, to be able to have the entire series available in one spot, was unprecedented and trying to satisfy those requests was frankly one of our primary motivations. (But we must confess
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We Have a Winner
Of our reader survey $200 gift check drawing, that is. Happy to report that Jon Cole, a Senior Associate in Orrick’s New York office, has won the drawing for the $200 gift check. Jon’s practice focuses on project finance and capital markets. He’s an avid reader of the site (thank you!) and shares the same
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Reader Survey Results
Dear Readers: As promised, we want to provide the highlights from our recent reader survey. Since my partner, Janet Stanton, knows much more about the world o’ research than most folks, I’ll turn it over to her to provide the report. Suffice to say we are deeply grateful and humbled, not only for the numbers
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Happy Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Day, it seems only fitting to mention to you, Dear Readers, how thankful I truly am for your interest, support, and loyalty. Without question the most emotionally and professionally satisfying benefit I’ve derived from publishing Adam Smith, Esq. (for now nearly 10 years) has been the wide array of thoughtful, reflective, articulate, and
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“Growth is Dead” Will Be an E-Book
Yes, coming soon to a Kindle or iPad near you: The complete 12-part Growth is Dead series from Adam Smith, Esq. as an e-book. We’re doing this partly in response to popular demand. Requests for “reprints” of the series have far exceeded those for any other article or series we’ve ever published. And you know
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