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Courage, honesty, and the infrastructure deficit

The Emperor is naked – and it’s up to leaders to say it, even if it’s not popular to do so

by BENTY C
Published in June 2020 - Page 17

While cleaning out closets in preparation to downsize, my parents found a cherished book of my childhood, a collection of over 200 fairy tales. Flipping through, I stumbled upon the Hans Christian Andersen fable The Emperor’s New Clothes, the classic tale of two charlatans posing as tailors. They come into town and convince the Emperor to pay big bucks for a new one-of-a-kind suit. They make the suit out of thin air and then persuade

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