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Since 1988, Harvard's benefits costs have risen 15 percent, according to the task force report. Much of that increase may have been due to the generous 85 percent contribution to premiums...
...according to some employees, Harvard's benefits program is still more generous than other employers...
...fact, administrators defend many of the staff health care changes by arguing that Harvard's plan was overly generous in comparison to the market, other Ivy League schools and large Boston employers...
...this surreal saturation of dollars were not a generous enough compliment to the American coin, here comes another one: the American bill is being illegally reproduced around the globe and in greater quantity than ever. "The U.S. currency," says Secret Service spokesman Carl Meyer, "is not only the most desirable currency in the world. It is also the most easily counterfeited." Of the $350 billion worth of U.S currency in circulation today, anywhere from 50% to 65% is held overseas. In 1980, estimates University of Wisconsin economist Edgar Feige, just 30% of all dollars could be found offshore...
Obviously, the ultimate solution to grade inflation requires standardizing the way grades are doled out throughout the University, so that certain departments and certain courses are not more generous than others...