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...Hopefully students will come to know the adviser, come to trust that person, and word of mouth may have a beneficial effect,” Campbell says...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar and Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Advising Woes | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

These losses were the first in the history of the SWIFTS, and they had a powerful effect. Creditors of other SWIFTs, awakened to the risks involved, began to refuse to roll over short-term loans. This has led to further liquidations, bigger fire-sale discounts, and a cascading effect. To date, over 50 SWIFTs, representing over $700 billion in assets, have failed. Yesterday, it was reported that Berkshire-Hathaway was in discussions to acquire Magna-SWIFT’s wind-farm assets for 30 cents on the dollar...

Author: By Jeremy C. Stein | Title: The Next Financial Crisis | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...desired effect is called status, and it’s an unusual social necessity in that its distribution really is a zero-sum game, at least when everybody’s keeping score by the same rules...

Author: By Max J Kornblith | Title: The More Things Change | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office.” The public is unhappy with the status quo and is looking to new people and new modes of political organization that can embody and effect democratic change. Clearly the traditional models—oriented around the state or the market—have been incomplete. Participatory democracy offers us a solution that goes beyond the traditional dichotomy...

Author: By Thomas Ponniah | Title: The Democratic Imagination | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...Nations” has been an inspiration for Obama’s response to our current economic troubles will have to be saved for another occasion. Smith’s other book, “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” has had a more obvious effect on the president’s worldview...

Author: By Michael L. Frazer | Title: Empathy, Obama, and Adam Smith | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

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