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...high-profile Harvard economist who is author of one of the most-used economic textbooks in the country has no easy job ahead...
...Gregory Mankiw is a terrific economist with a keen interest in public policy,” University President Lawrence H. Summers said through a spokesperson. “Harvard’s temporary loss as he goes on leave will be the country’s gain...
...telecom and retailing. What's more, falling prices are generally good for consumers and businesses alike if they come with productivity gains that allow companies to preserve profits even as they cut costs. So today's antideflation rhetoric seems peculiarly misguided. Indeed, the main benefactors of high prices, economist Richard Katz argues in his new book, Japanese Phoenix, are precisely the inefficient manufacturers and suppliers that have helped make Japan's economy so uncompetitive. If prices rise, these companies will be able to stay exactly as they are, instead of facing the reality that they must be more productive...
...Even The Economist magazine weighed in on the discussion, offering the destruction of the sculpture as evidence of American prudishness on its usually staid pages...
...reunited as a confederation of two states, joined loosely by a central government but with both regions maintaining separate administrations. The arrangement would be overseen by troops from Greece and Turkey. Some critics worry such a plan will solidify some existing divisions. Notes Andreas Theophanous, a political economist in Nicosia: "It establishes a divisive and dysfunctional system of governance." But for others - including Papadopoulos himself - the outlook seems more positive. The President-elect sees Clerides' line as a basis for future talks, and in his victory speech told supporters: "We want negotiations ... so that both communities can function under...