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For a time last year, it appeared that this deficit-ignoring bliss might end. Chinese officials said repeatedly that they were uncomfortable holding so many U.S. securities. Interest rates on Treasuries inched up. And another billionaire launched an assault on deficit spending - this time private-equity kingpin Peter Peterson, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America and Its Deficits: Are We Broke Yet? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Disillusioned liberals, take heart. On Labor Day, President Barack Obama appointed Ron Bloom—former United Steel Workers executive who has devoted much of his career to promoting worker ownership of the means of production—as his manufacturing czar. Then again, this is the same Ron Bloom...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: Common Equity | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Tasch has devoted much of his career to merging asset management and philanthropy. Most recently, for 10 years up to 2008 he was Chairman of Investors' Circle, a network of venture capitalists, angel investors, and foundations that uses private money to promote the shift to a sustainable economy. Here, Tasch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can 'Slow Investing' Remake America's Food Industry? | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

In Peru, they learned that splashing urine in ears promotes wellness. In China, they went on a tour of a hospital devoted entirely to traditional medicine, where Chinese doctors prescribe herbs in lieu of pills.

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Health Across the Hemispheres | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

Hover over each section of the pie to find out how much of Harvard's endowment is devoted to each school. Clicking a slice of the pie will show you how much that school relies on the endowment for operating income. Numbers are from 2008, the last year for which...

Author: By David J. Garcia, Alee Lockman, and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Interactive Graphic: How The Endowment Affects Harvard's Schools | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

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