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...perhaps that is Kotlikoff's crucial point and one that our presidential candidates should bear in mind. If our health-care woes are reaching critical mass, perhaps drastic measures are the only way to effect real change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...crucial for correcting this market distortion, truly impartial university financial advice would ensure fair lending practices. Bribes, or to put it euphemistically, incentives, require two actors: the giver and the receiver. Lenders are at fault for offering such inappropriate gifts and incentives to university officials, but unscrupulous university officials bear just as much blame for accepting these gifts. As administrators of educational institutions that not only teach, but also care for their students, financial aid officials are acting in loco parentis. They should be giving the same unbiased financial advice that a parent would give to her child, particularly because...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: In Loco Parentis | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

CORRECTION: The Nov. 8 magazine cover story "Our Burden to Bear" incorrectly stated that Chiki E. Gupta '08 intended to work in microfinance. In fact, Gupta does not plan to enter the field. In addition, the story incorrectly quoted Gupta. Gupta said, "My family is from India. Beyond just putting money into rural India, actually going out there and doing work would be really helpful. I think it's something my family would very much support, and it's something I've always been encouraged...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Our Burden to Bear | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

...report said the deaths were clinical killings. "Almost all the cadavers bear classic execution signs of a bullet behind the head exiting through the forehead," it said. The Mungiki (meaning multitude in the Kikuyu language) draw their inspiration from the Mau Mau guerrillas who rose against British colonial rule in the 1950s. They began in the 1980s as a quasi-religious movement to rid Kenya of cultural imperialism and return the country to its African traditions. Followers were believed to face Mount Kenya to pray and many grew their hair into dreadlocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya Accused of Mass Killings | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...average American household would have to buy $276,000 a year in carbon credits to counteract their carbon emissions, a price tag few Americans would be able to afford. Moreover, even if every American household could afford carbon credits, the result would be that Third World countries would bear the burden of our excessive lifestyles. While carbon credits are a viable short-term option for industry and an important step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the corporate sector, they are not practical for American families...

Author: By Peter W. Tilton | Title: Gore and “Green” Goonies | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

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