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Foreword
4 Game Theory: Lessons
for the Next Crisis
BY CLIFTON LEAF
The Brief
15 The Coronavirus
Crisis Hastens a U.S.-
China “Decoupling”
BY CLAY CHANDLER
18 Riding a
Roller-Coaster
Stock Market
BY SHAWN TULLY
20 Is Biden’s Fundraising
Windfall Too Little,
To o L a t e?
BY NICOLE GOODKIND
23 Bringing A.I. to the
Coronavirus Fight
BY AARON PRESSMAN
29 Boomerang CEOs:
When Former Leaders
Return, Shareholders
Suffer
BY RYAN DEROUSSEAU
32 Are We Caring for
the Caregivers?
BY ERIKA FRY
35 Prime Sub: How the
Jersey Mike’s CEO
Turned Sandwiches
into a Billion-Dollar
Business
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Passions
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Envisions a New Brand
of Luxe Hospitality
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