We've just concluded a six-week series called Better Biz. Reporter Alison Freeland profiled individual Connecticut businesses and brought their challenges to two Yale economists for their comments. Professor Barry Nalebuff and Professor Ian Ayres The two are co-authors of a book called "Why Not: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small". It was their interest in solving problems that we called upon in this series. Reporter Alison Freeland shares business reaction and listener comments on the series. email storymore info Listen to the story:
Members of the Connecticut Legislature's Black and Latino Caucus visited Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport on Tuesday. The caucus has introduced an education reform proposal, and they wanted to get an idea of some of the problems the school faces.
In our Better Biz series, reporter Alison Freeland collects the stories, challenges, and goals of six businesses, and then goes to Yale professors Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres, who brainstorm on what these businesses can do to reach those goals- and we learn something about the economy and business.