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January 31, 2019 If You're About to Take a New Job, Should You Consider Your Boss's Counteroffer? By Kelly O. Kay, Michael Cullen It's usually — but not always — a bad idea.

Entrepreneurship The Two Ways for Startups and Corporations to Partner by Shameen Prashantham And when each one makes sense. Decision making The Art of Evidence-Based Medicine by Christopher Worsham, Anupam B. Jena A one-size-fits-all approach isn't good for patients. Policy Taxing the Rich, and the "Woke" Advertising Trend Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate two of the dramatic and controversial tax ideas being proposed by Democrats (a 70% marginal income tax rate and a 2% wealth tax), before discussing the trend among brands like Gillette, Nike, and Pepsi to launch "woke" advertising campaigns. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week. Entrepreneurship What Will Software Look Like Once Anyone Can Create It? by Shishir Mehrotra A former YouTube executive on building apps without knowing how to code.

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