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...quite literally--a big thinker. In his examination of the intertwining of economics and politics, he once termed America a "democracy of the fortunate," and his ideas underpinned Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program. He was known for his witty, often acerbic directness, once noting, "The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." The concepts in his watershed book, The Affluent Society, became so pervasive that to subsequent generations of readers, "It's like reading Hamlet and deciding it's full of quotations," said Nobel-laureate economist Amartya Sen. "You realize where they came from...
...Legal Level. But if this was the moral answer, where was the practical ground upon which hope could function...
...also an educator and a scholar. In discussing her work with students, she says, “In the classroom, we look at so many aspects of meaning and choice in expression—ways of constructing meaning through stories, deliberate and otherwise.” Regarding the function of studying stories, she states, “Stories have tremendous relevance to how we understand social constructions, gender relationships, power, history.” She sees stories as cultural artifacts, as worthy of study and as richly significant as other texts. In the end, Chadbourne’s charisma...
...20th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death next year is creating buzz about the famously misunderstood artist, who uniquely grasped the function of celebrity and mass media in modern society and redefined the barrier between art and commerce. This month Phaidon Press publishes a 15-lb., 624-page visual biography, including 2,000 images, many rare or unpublished. In September PBS will air a documentary by Ric Burns anointing Warhol as the most significant artist of the second half of the 20th century and featuring previously unseen footage of Warhol in his studio in 1962. Also this fall Sienna Miller...
...compensation system will be always a function of performance. We will not pay if performance is not delivered,” says El-Erian. He points out that a certain portion of a manager’s performance-based pay is deferred for a year under the current system, ensuring that “people are incentivized to perform over time and consistently rather than...