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Harvard professor Martin Feldstein used to tell students in his introductory economics class that economists agree on 99% of the issues in the field. From the nature of monopolies to the basic laws of inflation, Feldstein asserted, economists of all political stripes are in accord on the same principles. He claimed that what we read about in the popular press are the 1% of economic issues where the data support no clear-cut conclusion...
...side out of sympathy. After all, Bush pushed through more than 150 executions as governor of Texas, and he's generally no fan of international courts. In fact, though the Administration is going along with the court in this particular case, it has also withdrawn from the same international accord at issue in the case. It may not seem consistent, but what Bush is interested in is achieving maximum latitude in determining compliance with international treaties and gaining the right to tell states when they do or don't have to comply with a treaty...
...White House has made no statement regarding the reconciliation accord announced on Thursday, other than to repeat its call for "free and fair" elections and that the deal is a "matter for the Pakistanis to decide," according to spokesman Gordon Johndroe...
...used the University car for long business trips, but the spirited VW was his trademark set of wheels. The Phillips Brooks House Association auctioned it off for charity in 1991. So how does Faust cruise down Mass Ave? She doesn’t. Though she owns a Honda Accord, Faust favors the sidewalk. “Since 2001 I have had the privilege of walking to work at Radcliffe and I am now trying to continue to do that as much as possible,” Faust writes in an e-mail. While Faust’s open-air commute...
...first time since 1970, the United Auto Workers has launched a nationwide strike against General Motors Corp. The labor stoppage, involving more than 73,000 union members, began at 11 a.m. on Monday after GM and the UAW failed to reach an accord on a contract that could potentially lead to sweeping changes in the financing of health care for retired workers...