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Hyman Minsky, an academic economist who died in relative obscurity in 1996 but is now the talk of Wall Street, had a colorful phrase to describe such people: "Ponzi borrowers," he called them, after the early 20th century pyramid-scheme perpetrator Charles Ponzi. Minsky argued that once banks got so...
? These days, hurricanes are studied in exacting detail, but scientists used to describe the storms in one of two ways: major or minor. In 1969, South Florida structural engineer Herbert Saffir came up with the idea of a five-category scale as part of a project commissioned by the...
The event was preceded earlier in the day by a game of “Final Status Taboo” held outside the Science Center. In the style of the popular quiz game Taboo, visitors were given cards with subjects such as Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip...
“When you have a word like Jerusalem and you’re not allowed to use normal things used to describe it, it makes a point on how difficult it is to have a discussion on something. We wanted to inspire people to talk and discuss these...
Though the risk of continued or spreading violence remained, sociologists and security experts said they believed the significant dip in violence Tuesday night considerably lowered the risk of contagion - at least till the next time. French government officials aren't taking any chances on a possible resurgence in Villiers-le...