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Sociology professor Nicholas A. Christakis and his wife Erika L. Christakis ’86 will become Pforzheimer House’s new masters this fall, said Pfoho Resident Dean Lisa Boes Monday night. The announcement—first reported by The Crimson last night—came more than...
Consider a thought experiment proposed by Greg Mankiw. The government could send each person in the country a check with which he could pay his neighbor to dig holes in his backyard. Unemployment would fall, but so would welfare. Consumers could buy more useful goods if government allowed them to...
These Ivy Leaguers fiddled with the economy for years, but it didn’t budge; double-digit unemployment continued until World War II. Applying the lessons of the 1920s to the 1930s, the policy wonks failed to consider other solutions. Today, Obama’s policymakers are applying the...
It may sound surprising to those who don't consider the decennial headcount a red-hot political matter, but the census has become the controversial subject of an ongoing power struggle between Democrats and Republicans. And since the 2010 census will be the first in 30 years to be taken...
The Romans themselves had few qualms about incorporating chemical warfare into their tactics. Roman armies routinely poisoned the wells of cities they were besieging, particularly when campaigning in western Asia. According to the historian Plutarch, the Roman general Sertorius in 80 B.C. had his troops pile mounds of gypsum powder...