Economist Andy Sumner recently stated that COVID-19 could greatly increase global poverty, setting the world back 10 years and some regions back 30 years. In talking with our global team, I’m afraid he is right. Poverty has accelerated in the last few months, and we are only beginning to see the long-term impacts of...
Loving When It Hurts
Have you ever purchased furniture that comes in a box? Our office is full of IKEA desks and bookshelves from the Swedish furniture titan. As I begin each assembly, I open the manual, look at the simple pictures, and review the short list of required tools. Filled with unbridled but unfounded optimism, I naively...