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...market phenomena to broader kinds of social and political phenomena.” Rodrik’s most recent book is “One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth.” After graduating summa cum laude from the College, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in economics and an MPA from Princeton University. This November, Rodrik will deliver the Albert O. Hirschman Prize Lecture in New York City. “What I thought I would do is deliver a speech tentatively titled, ‘How much have we learned about development policy...
...report, which found that women earn less than men as soon as one year after graduation from college, was released Monday, a day before Equal Pay Day—an annual commemoration of how far into the next year a woman needs to work in order to have earned as much as a man did the previous year...
...irony is that Harvard already has “further information about candidates’ socioeconomic backgrounds.” Financial aid applicants submit information on whether their family receives food stamps and welfare checks, how much their parents earn each month, and how much their families spend on rent, electricity, and healthcare. Until admissions decisions, all of this information sits unused in the financial aid files—just steps from the room where reviewers decide applicants’ fates...
...they are born. As the founder of Carnegie Mellon's PROGRESS (Program for Research & Outreach on Gender Equity in Society), Babcock is developing ways to teach negotiation skills to women and girls. One such tool is the Girls Scouts' new negotiation badge, launched last fall, which girls can earn after completing a seminar on negotiation skills...
...Despite his father's imprisonment and Yeltsin's own record of rebelliousness, the youth proved bright enough to earn an engineering degree, join the Communist Party and launch a career as an industrial apparatchik. After a stint as head of an engineering plant in Ekaterinburg - then called Sverdlovsk - he moved into full-time party work in 1968 and became head of the regional party organization by 1976. His record as a tough and effective administrator attracted the attention of Gorbachev, who in 1985 invited him to Moscow, where Yeltsin was promoted to head of the city's party organization...