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...also a remarkable man of personal warmth and kindness of spirit,” Ellwood said. “It couldn’t go to a wiser, more important man, but it also couldn’t go to a kinder and more generous man.” Last year, the KSG created an award in Schelling’s name to “honor people who use reason, exceptional wisdom, and evidence to understand and solve public problems,” Ellwood said in a May press release. —Staff writer Lulu Zhou...
...November 2004, Keiji Tachikawa, the former president of mobile-phone giant NTT DoCoMo, became president of JAXA. His mission: to redefine the agency's goals, win over an unenthusiastic public, and secure more generous funding from a skeptical government. This April, Tachikawa unveiled a new long-term planning statement titled "JAXA Vision 2025" designed to turn the space agency around and establish a manned space program. Over the next 10 years, says Tachikawa, JAXA will study the advisability of lunar exploration and figure out whether Japan should initiate its own manned program. The process won't be quick: he hopes...
Everyone is generous when they have nothing to lose. We’ve certainly seen in America’s overwhelming response to Hurricane Katrina that the American people have a great potential for kindness and generosity, demonstrated by how many opened up their homes and their wallets for hurricane survivors. But many of these people needed help long before the storm ever hit, and before the storm, none of us seemed to care—and it’s unclear if we care even now. It is ironic, then, that for many of New Orleans’ poor...
They have among the highest tax rates and most generous welfare systems in the developed world, but when it comes to international competitiveness, there's no beating Scandinavian countries. That's the conclusion of this year's annual global competitiveness survey by the World Economic Forum, which ranks countries according to economic dynamism, the quality of public institutions and technological prowess. Finland once again topped the list (ahead of the U.S.), with Sweden in third place, Denmark at No. 4, Iceland No. 7 and Norway No. 9. "There is no evidence that [high tax rates] are undermining the level...
...Homi Bhabha brings to the Humanities Center...a keen eye for cultural and political questions that spill across academic disciplines,” Sandel said. “His bold and generous vision of the humanities is sure to attract colleagues from across the University into lively and unexpected intellectual engagements...