Word: creation
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...report, the committee proposes that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) take a series of actions over the next three years to develop a specific ethnic studies curriculum, including the creation of four endowed professorships...
Additionally, the report calls for the creation of an outside committee to evaluate the current state of ethnic studies at Harvard...
Pasquale rightfully cites the MaBell breakup of the 80's as a significant moment in the history of telecommunications, sparking the creation of new telephone companies. But what he fails to mention is that the reason Ma Bell was broken up was that this long-distance provider was just too good for its own good. Service was excellent, rates were competitively low. Ma Bell could easily attract new customers by this attractive mix of low rates and outstanding service. The anti-trust laws couldn't allow a company to use its great profit margin to keep up this excellent service...
...hoped that Congress would step in and help set up "the structure of these vital services." Why? Congressmen know nothing about the intricacies of the communications market, and I trust the business judgement of Big Business over that of Congress. Who knows better than Big Business about the creation of communication lines? Congress...
...should this mix of cable and telephone service be "economically inefficient?" Mr. Pasquale does not provide an adequate explanation. Is the creation of thousands of new jobs as the market expands economically inefficient? Is the convenience of having to pay one bill to one provider of many services, instead of many bills to many providers of single services, economically inefficient? Is the creation of a second Ma Bell, who could once again give us the rates and service the consumers want, economically inefficient? No! Mr. Pasquale seems to equate efficiency with fairness. He finds the advantage that the large corporations...