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...judged?” he said. “And who is to judge them? Second, there are always mediocre leaders with some bad records who know they are not qualified to receive the prize. So, what is the incentive for them?” Lamont University professor emeritus Amartya K. Sen—the famed Nobel laureate—commended the award, according to a quote by the professor featured on the foundation’s Web site. “I also hope that it will lead to constructive discussions across Africa on the demands of governance...
Also during the public comment part of the meeting, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen spoke out in opposition to his neighbor’s petition for a curb cut to expand a driveway...
...employee pamphlets told us that investment banking is really all about people...people investing in banks. Mankiw talks a big game, but we doubt he’s ever wiped down an ATM after hours. And here’s a sneak peak of the future that not even Amartya Sen can provide: it really is full of pneumatic tubes and you’ll never have to leave your car to do investment banking again. As the summer went on, the negative stereotypes that we had formed at Harvard continued to crumble. Gutless humanities concentrators always accuse the industry...
...need to take into account those parts of our identity that are shared and those which are distinct. Pearson argued that without a better understanding of identity, "multiculturalism" - because it is based only on "culture" - won't endure as a unifying concept. What could emerge, as Nobel economics laureate Amartya Sen has suggested, is a plurality of monocultures. The moronic expression of this disease was glimpsed last December in Sydney's Cronulla riots and their criminal aftermath...
...foot-eight professor, “He casts a long shadow, both literally and figuratively, and Harvard without him will never be quite the same.” Journalists William F. Buckley Jr. and Gloria Steinem, Galbraith’s biographer Richard Parker, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen, and other members of Galbraith’s family also spoke at the service. —Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...