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...ed in the Wall Street Journal and a later interview with The Atlantic Magazine, economics professor Robert J. Barro attacked the package’s underlying principle that government spending is especially effective in boosting gross domestic product—arguing that tax cuts incentivize people to save, rather than consume or work, and that funneling money into building infrastructure may lead to the construction of “bridges to nowhere...
Barro’s distrust of government spending as an effective way to counter the recession has been echoed by colleagues such as Economics Professor N. Gregory Mankiw and Martin S. Feldstein ’61, who recently detailed his criticisms in an op-ed in the Washington Post last month entitled, “An $800 Billion Mistake...
...left Harvard trading leads with Columbia throughout the second half and unable to convert on a chance to win in its final possession. The home team converted 60 percent of its attempts from the floor, including a 7-for-11 performance from sophomore forward Emma Markley. REF’ED UP Turnovers may have sealed the Crimson’s fate Saturday night, but spotty officiating—especially down the stretch—didn’t help either.Two debatable calls with under 30 seconds to play in the game swung in the Lions’ favor, and Delaney...
...respondents in an October survey on the business-networking site Greenlight Community copped to hugging co-workers. But with the other half still greeting palm to palm, the consequences of a mismatched gesture can be painful--and not just because of the possible harassment suit. On the site Miss(ed) Manners, etiquette blogger "Dave" recalled extending a hand to a client who simultaneously went for a hug. The unfortunate outcome? "I punched her right in the crotch...
...Outside the Tannery, the eyes of the mural have been X’ed out in marker; on an axle of the Obey symbol, someone has written “intentional?” with an arrow pointedly aimed at a misplaced seam, suggesting an ambiguous reception to the work. Even as the perpetrators express differing degrees of animosity towards Fairey’s work, they are caught in the catch-22 underlying all he does. Knowingly or not, they obey his command: they are questioning. —Staff writer Anna K. Barnet can be reached at abarnet@fas.harvard.edu...