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...Core Curriculum’s five-year review approaches, it may seem that the Faculty, the University community in general, and a good portion of the national press have already said all there is to say about Harvard’s grand educational experiment. This satiation must not dissuade the Faculty, however, from reevaluating the infamous set of undergraduate requirements with an open mind. While the Faculty is clearly unlikely to completely dismantle a program so painstakingly and expensively built up, the group should take this opportunity to make some much-needed adjustments. We have long maintained that...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Time to Modify | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...profession then was being a Protestant minister). Some students may choose economics because they believe it is good preparation for a business career, but the department’s courses emphasize economics as an intellectual pursuit. This is an annoyance for some students, but in our view the right approach for a liberal arts university...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Miron | Title: Economic Surplus | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...night-cars” which whisk across the Continent both in Kerouac’s novel and in Howl. IT is no more obscure than absolution, and no more mythical than the sacraments and symbols of any religion. What is new about the San Francisco approach is “anarchy...

Author: By John D. Leonard | Title: Free Beer and Poetry | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...does it? Whatever financial benefit you might derive from such a deal, the real joy from the dinner will be very low because each bite you take reminds you how much you are spending. This might be a good dieting approach, but not a way to enjoy spending your money. What this idea shows is that the way you pay has important psychological implications on how you view the money you are spending—what we call the “pain of paying”—even though on a rational level, we all know that...

Author: By Dan Ariely | Title: Irrational Economic Policies | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

...have some complaints about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet we also realize that without the FDA medicine might have been nothing but leeches and placebo–isn’t it time to take the same systematic approach to economic policies that are so central to our society...

Author: By Dan Ariely | Title: Irrational Economic Policies | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

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