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...When you pass along that wealth, you reveal it, and you can't exclude others from using it," says Samuel Bowles, an economist at the Sante Fe Institute, who led the study with anthropologist Monique Borgerhoff Mulder of the University of California, Davis, and economist Tom Hertz of the International University College of Turin and U.S. Department of Agriculture. "An economy based on brains and connections has more opportunities for equality that one based on grain and steel...
...well worn Obama-Lincoln comparisons one more similarity: an apparent aversion to big birthday parties. The 16th President never celebrated his birthday in the White House, according to Lincoln biographer Emanuel Hertz. Obama, likewise, is ringing in his 48th on Aug. 4 with a decided lack of pomp. He dined, hooped and - ahem - bowled with friends at Camp David over the weekend, but he's spending the big day itself on the job, having lunch with Senate Democrats to discuss his Administration's accomplishments and goals. (No word on whether there will be cake.) Sure, it sounds like a snooze...
...1980s. From 2005 through mid-2007, PE firms - loaded with cash from pension funds, college endowments and sovereign wealth funds, and able to borrow trillions more from banks and bond investors - went on an unprecedented buying spree, snapping up the likes of Chrysler, Dunkin' Brands, Harrah's, Hertz, and Hospital Corp. of America in hopes of later selling them to the public or to another company or even to another PE fund. (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...Harvard students were among only ten budding scientists nationwide this year to earn a much-coveted graduate fellowship granted by the Hertz Foundation. Each of the ten students was awarded $250,000, “no strings attached,” to pursue graduate studies in engineering and the applied sciences. Timothy L. Kovachy ’09, and Jeff Thompson, a Harvard graduate student in physics, faced even higher odds than applicants in previous year—the number of fellowships granted this year by the Hertz Foundation was reduced by 50 percent. The winners were selected from...
Free Day. Hertz is offering one free weekend day when you use code PC#127595 while reserving any car between economy and full size. You may redeem this offer once a month, through March...