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Boasting an economist, a statistician, two psychologists, and a Government professor, the 18-member governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is well-versed in the science of human behavior. But with the full Faculty set to discuss today the possibility of lowering the attendance required for an official vote at its general meetings, many of the professoriate’s own public policy and behavioral experts appeared torn about the effect that the proposal’s adoption might have. “If...Faculty members would only show up if there?...
...Yourself As the U.S. economy closes in on a possible recession, the end of customer service will only help it slide further into one [March 24]. Companies will make more money without needing to pay as many employees, but will that really make the world better? I'm no economist, but I feel it'll just make the rich richer and put more people out of work. Jeff Richmond, Monrovia...
...could just let them know how much they use in comparison with their neighbors. When that bit of information was added to electric bills in San Marcos, Calif., heavy users quickly lowered their consumption, even though no one had asked them to. To borrow a term from behavioral economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein, the good people of San Marcos had been nudged...
...will only help it slide further into one [March 24]. While shopping might become quicker and more convenient, what about the jobs that will be lost? Companies will make more money without needing to pay as many employees, but will that really make the world better? I'm no economist, but I feel it'll just make the rich richer and put more people out of work. Jeff Richmond, MONROVIA...
...Kennedy School. Fox said that Calderón, who spoke at the Forum in February, is “going to be a great president, maybe the best Mexico has had, because he graduated here”—a line that drew hearty applause. Kennedy School economist Jeffrey A. Frankel, who first met Fox in 1999 and who taught Calderón when he studied at Harvard, said that he sees a positive trajectory in Mexican governance. (Fox was preceded by Yale-graduate and PRI-member Ernesto Zedillo, who helped to dismantle PRI’s political monopoly...