CPI’s “Mission Impossible”: Accomplished

Mission accomplished.

Recent suggestions by policy makers, economists, and competitors that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae posed increasing risks due to size, structure, and behavior have led many to question whether the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) had fulfilled their mission and outlived their usefulness. While appealing to contemplate more competition in the secondary mortgage market, there is, in fact, no...

Mission impossible?

THERE ARE MOMENTS when experience tells you to be less earnest and direct, and a little more Delphic in style. At these times, half ideas can be useful and a little lack of clarity can be effective.

Change Management: Mission Impossible?..

In fact, Stella felt some resentment towards the challenge itself. It was not that she did not 'do creative’; it was more about her fear of unknown, the fear of losing the safety of routine the fear of change. She had read a few articles about resistance to change before and was able to recognise the tell-tale symptoms of resistance not to change per se, but rather to the uncertainties and pote...

Mourning in prison: mission impossible?

The author's interest in the issue of mourning in prison is twofold. As an active hospice volunteer, she became involved with bereavement work, which sensitized her to the issues of loss encountered upon joining the staff at the Maine State Prison. More often than not, the inmates with whom she met had unresolved issues of loss. The impetus for a grief support group came from an inmate who had ...

Combination therapy for malaria: mission accomplished?