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...Kate Raworth, an economist with the United Nations Development Program and co-author of the Human Development Report, spoke with TIME.com Monday...
...University also presented a doctorate in music to composer Leon Kirchner, and doctorate in law to philosopher Jürgen Habermas, economist Alice M. Rivlin, commencement speaker Rubin, historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ’38 and former Harvard Fellow Richard A. Smith...
...when the overheated spending failed to produce juicy profits, corporate America suddenly cut back, bringing capital investment to a halt and lowering gdp growth to just 1.3% in the first quarter of this year. Today's high-tech investment numbers still look "monumentally awful," says Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for the consulting firm High Frequency Economics...
...cutbacks have already reversed some of the gains in productivity that had been touted as major achievements of the New Economy. Such gains stemmed from spending for technology that allowed a growing number of employees to work faster and smarter--a process that economists call capital deepening. But "as the investment boom goes bust," says William Dudley, chief U.S. economist for Goldman Sachs, "there is going to be less capital per worker, and you will lose that increment in productivity...
...crush the "bandit-terrorists," as she calls them. "We'll give you the peace of the grave," she vowed after the rebels escaped an army siege two weeks ago. That's a good demonstration of the determination that is the bedrock of Arroyo's character?which transformed the former economist and bureaucrat into a popular politician who wasn't afraid to assume her country's presidency in the wake of a popular revolt rather than in a traditional election...