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David Livermore

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Deep Thoughts

Read about my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from education to government to entertainment, all flavored by the ideology of CQ. 

2016 Olympic Blues

As I walked through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport yesterday, there was a more somber mood than usual. For several months, anywhere you went in Chicago, you

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Good intentions go ratty

A group of US study abroad students bought 100 mattresses for several families in a Delhi slum. Within 2 days, the mattresses were infested with

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The cost of bartering

I’ve done my share of bartering throughout my years of globetrotting. Often it takes place when I’m trying to negotiate with an international client or

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CQ for Public Speaking

Yesterday I observed the powerful role communication plays in earning trust in a particular sub-culture. Our university has a new provost. In a gathering of

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Reading Recommendations

Biographies, memoirs and novels are one of the most powerful ways to enhance cultural intelligence. Even if the culture in the book is very different

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The Big Mac Index

I’m a HUGE fan of eating local wherever I go, including grasshoppers in Mexico, snake in China, and pasties in Northern Michigan. But economists often

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