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Disney's Economic Impact: Should Walt Reinvent?

The entertainment pioneer taught the world, in the most fun way possible, how to innovate, but his namesake company has fallen victim to the same attitude holding back the U.S. economy. So what would Uncle Walt do?

John Kao
John Kao
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Walt Disney sits in front of backdrop of Disney characters, 1950. (Alfred Eisenstaedt, Time Life Pictres / Getty Images)
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