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...This economics made flesh is not just terribly moving - though it certainly is that. It also produces a sense of intense pride in those who are living it. It is that sense of pride - quite palpable throughout Asia today - that provides the demand for respect, for influence, for the nations that have achieved such economic success to receive their just deserts...
...many people improving their life chances so rapidly as in China today. Understandably, that is a source of immense pride to ordinary Chinese (not just in China, incidentally) and to their leaders. Sometimes this pride manifests itself as old-fashioned nationalism. But more usually it shows itself as a demand for recognition, for - to use that phrase again - just deserts. To be sure, Chinese leaders will often tell you that in some ways, great power status has come too soon to them, that they do not yet have the skills or expertise to handle difficult diplomatic challenges. But though modern...
Instead, what we are seeing now in Washington and other world capitals is fear we might be headed for an economic collapse caused by a collapse of demand caused by a collapse of credit. Confronted with that threat, governments seemingly cannot help turning to the remedy formulated by Keynes during the dark years of the early 1930s: stimulating demand by spending much more than they take in, preferably but not necessarily on useful public works like highways and schools. "I guess everyone is a Keynesian in a foxhole," jokes Robert Lucas, a University of Chicago economist who won a Nobel...
...plant-based diet. The land needed for these crops contributes to deforestation—a major cause of global warming. In 2006, Greenpeace unveiled a “KFC: Amazon Criminal” banner across the Brazilian rainforest to highlight the effect KFC’s huge demand for chicken feed has in deforesting the Amazon Basin...
...will instead conclude with the more logical @college.harvard.edu. This amendment will be coupled with needed improvements to Harvard’s complete Webmail system, including a faster and sleeker interface and increased storage capacities of 10 gigabytes. FAS IT is implementing this new system in response to student demand for better e-mail options than those currently offered by the College. All of their proposed solutions will bring welcomed change to the current e-mail program, which suffers from limited storage capacities and an unintuitive web interface. The new @college endings, though longer, will be favorable to students when corresponding...