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...rests with the individuals involved and not the forecasting methods, many economists said.“Models are nothing but an extension of human beings,” Merton sys. “In the real world of finance, no one turns the computer on and walks out the door.”But in the last few years, a trickle of physicists, computer scientists, and mathematicians to Wall Street has diluted the level of understanding of the formulas and algorithms processed by their high-powered computers, says economics professor David I. Laibson ’88. In certain cases...
...encourage a shift away from the passive recognition of previous generations toward outspoken condemnation.“We were changing a whole culture in which it was okay to have dates with your students and it was okay to have long private conversations with female students behind closed doors,” said Putnam, adding that he now keeps the door open when he meets privately with female students.But despite the success in attracting new attention to harassment, Pellegrini notes that the victory is only a partial one. “It’s obviously important for the college...
...worn story told at The Crimson about a wealthy magazine owner cold-calling the newsroom a few years ago and asking for recruits. Give me your name, and I’ll give you a job. Couldn’t have been easier. It was a foot in the door that served at least a couple young writers quite well...
...jury’s still out as to its success, and, frankly, the forecast remains bleak. Despite that, the number of doomsayers has remained surprisingly limited. It’s true that nobody really knows what’s going on anymore: mysterious back-door finagling involving securitized mortgages and credit default swaps somehow resulted in frail old grandmothers thrown out of their Orlando condos; money managers walking into their own clever booby traps ended up in the red and out of work. The stimulus package, our best option, seemed more of a quick-fix to placate the masses?...
...People came to the door with their money and asked ‘Where are the kegs?’ and we said ‘Go to Winthrop House.’ We turned away hundreds of people,” Truitt said...