Fourth is education, which is not only failing to prepare the rural poor for work off the land, but is also no longer equipping enough talented young graduates with the skills that have fuelled the services boom.

ECONOMIST: Now for the hard part

Both companies also have very talented scientists, but their influence on corporate destiny has waned, and innovation has suffered.

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Boss is also noted a very talented full-back, but he says that first and foremost he is a number nine.

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You might be talented at spreadsheets or writing competitive analysis but you also must lead with infectious energy and enthusiasm and get people to want to follow you.

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But big income gaps can also be inefficient, because they can bar talented poor people from access to education or feed resentment that results in growth-destroying populist policies.

ECONOMIST: For richer, for poorer

We compete on this front with competitive salary, but also (and more importantly) by demonstrating a culture in which our talented team members can flourish and express their talents.

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