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...apparently, Mankiw appreciates Lady Gaga's artistry—and he's bold enough to admit it. We're not going to be the type of people who pigeonhole intellects in the realm of the unartistic: if economists who happen to be fans of Lady Gaga are open to penning the lyrics of one of her upcoming singles, we have no doubt that they would utilize the sensual elements of the supply and demand curve, or principles related to the consumption of goods and services, to create a most rousing track. Not such a 'bad romance,' after...
President Obama knows that the Afghan war is going badly, but he insists that the specter of an al-Qaeda comeback makes Afghanistan a "war of necessity." So he has ordered some 30,000 new troops to the front, hoping to hold the line enough that Afghan forces can be built up to eventually take over the mission from the U.S. It may sound like a limited goal, after the sweeping visions of democracy promised during the Bush years. But even that relatively modest strategy is based on some very questionable assumptions. (See a slide show...
Clarification: Our first caption on this post's photo didn't make it clear that this is a picture from two years ago. Not enough of the snow has stuck to make snowmen just yet...but it's getting there...
...Pilot Projects The legislation in Congress is chock-full of pilot projects designed to test out ideas for lowering costs. But critics contend that such projects work to preserve the status quo. "We don't need pilots. We have enough information," says Kenneth Thorpe, chairman of the health policy department at Emory University. "Let's go ahead and get on with this...
These are examples of how kids go to school in Pakistan nowadays, owing to a ferocious campaign of violence by the Pakistani Taliban against schools all over the country that has left parents panicking, students uneasy and educators worried about whether they're doing enough to protect kids in the middle of a war. Schools have been turned into fortresses, and some students have made attending class an act of defiance. (See pictures of the tensions roiling Pakistan...