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...central bank does not act quickly enough - and deteriorating financial conditions create a self-perpetuating feedback loop with a collapsing economy - the bank may end up just "chasing the neutral rate down" without reaching the level needed to jump-start demand. Japan's experience in the 1990s provides a cautionary tale: even 0% rates failed to resuscitate the economy...
...experience with the buzzy, fuzzy concept of convergence that has made him a player again. Just as in 2000, media and Web companies today talk of straddling a world in which users of any device--mobile phone, laptop, PDA, TV--can command voice, data, video, entertainment and games on demand. Messier saw that coming--perhaps too soon...
...Economist, there are two reasons for the rise: Asians and ethanol. Firstly, rising wealth levels in Asia have led to higher spending power, and Asians are increasingly choosing to supplement their traditionally cheap, rice-based diets with more expensively produced meat. But the second cause of skyrocketing demand for basic foodstuffs is America’s most recent renewable energy craze: ethanol...
...idea for the next Facebook or Microsoft? Come to Harvard! (At least for a year or two). 9) Future Unabombers—Harvard promotes diversity; not everyone can be a handsome i-banker-in-training. 10) Folklore and Mythology concentrators—There’s a huge demand for Roman mythology experts in today’s job market. If you still don’t see your personality type on our comprehensive list, don’t fret—we hear there are still some spots at Yale...
...Democratic politics provides a challenge to Tussaud's. Angela Merkel, elected German Chancellor in 2005, has been sculpted, but her figure is briefly on loan to Berlin. Her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, remains by popular demand. John Howard and Vladimir Putin make an unlikely, and dated, duo. Their successors, Kevin Rudd and Dmitri Medvedev, have not yet been commissioned, but are "very much on our radar," says Lovett...