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Leaders always 'manufacture' crises, in politics and business

  • Written by Bert Spector, Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Leaders always 'manufacture' crises, in politics and businessTrump recently called the border a crisis during a televised address. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

“This is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul.”

That’s how President Donald Trump framed his demand for funds to build a “border wall” and end the partial government shutdown. That declaration...

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