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...government should resolve to educate the American public about the fundamental idea of economics: the idea of having unlimited wants but scarce resources. To be fair, the government established a Financial Literacy and Education Commission in 2003 and the treasury established its Office of Financial Education in 2002. But most Americans have not heard of these commissions because of a lack of publicity. With a little more accessible financial knowledge and understanding of how things such as interest rates can affect one’s pocketbook, Americans will make smarter decisions, invest more money into the economy, and participate...
...nominated by President Barack Obama last Wednesday to serve on the State District Court for the Northern District of California. If Koh, who is also a 1993 graduate of Harvard Law School, is confirmed by the Senate, she will become the nation’s first Korean-American federal district court judge...
Bijal V. Vakil, Koh’s former coworker and the Regional Governor for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, said that placing Koh on the federal bench would send a positive message to the Asian-American community in Northern California...
...Francisco Bay Area, we don’t have a single Asian-American district court judge [though] the is over 35 percent Asian,” Vakil said. “It’s kind of shocking...
Second year HLS student Jennifer A. Lee, who serves as conference co-chair for the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association at HLS, said she believes Koh’s nomination is an important symbolic step...