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...These Ivy Leaguers fiddled with the economy for years, but it didn’t budge; double-digit unemployment continued until World War II. Applying the lessons of the 1920s to the 1930s, the policy wonks failed to consider other solutions. Today, Obama’s policymakers are applying the lessons of the 1990s to the 2000s. And they expect success...
...just one three pointer in the final twenty minutes. Junior guard Jeremy Lin led the way yet again for Harvard with a game-high 23 points, but he didn’t get much help—as captain guard Andrew Pusar was his only teammate to reach double-digit scoring, tallying 11 points...
...career game off the bench, spearheading the comeback. “It was a fight out there,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “Yale is really good at playing up the rivalry.” The game saw three Crimson players in double-digit scoring, including Alemany, who posted 13 points. Senior Emily Tay led the team with 19 points and five assists, followed by freshman Brogan Berry who tallied 18 points. Along with contributing to the point total, Alemany led the Crimson’s defensive efforts with a career-high six steals...
...today's strike was noticed. Indeed, state sector employees were joined by an unusually high numbers of private sector workers. Many of the 376 staffers at Paris-based pan-European stock exchange Euronext, for example, struck to denounce job cuts announced despite the company's double-digit growth in 2008. "Before, the French were deeply shocked by the situation, but didn't want to add to it," Denis Muzet, director of the Médiascopie Institute which tracks public opinion, told Le Monde. "But now there's real anger. Banks have announced positive results for 2008 after the state extended...
...this current quarter could be "the trough of this growth cycle," as government stimulus and loose monetary policy begin to boost domestic demand. The data gave enough hope to Credit Suisse's Tao to convince him to keep his 8% GDP growth estimate for 2009. "Double-digit growth won't come back in the next two to three years," says Tao, but the country is still better off than most. "China has one leg on a knee, but the rest of the world is lying flat," he says. Maybe the world should be envious of China after...