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...government can't fix the crisis. Everything the government's tried for the past two years has been wrong. That's why the crisis continues. The idea that you can solve a problem of too much debt and too much consumption with more debt and more consumption is ludicrous on its face. What they should have done is just let everybody go bankrupt, let the bankruptcy courts reorganize everything. The Japanese tried this approach of propping up zombie banks and zombie companies; it did not work. And it's not going to work in America either...
...toys, why shouldn't Toys "R" Us sell food and paper towels? "Sometimes the fence swings both ways," says Marshall Cohen, an analyst at the NPD Group. Consumers are willing to pay for convenience, say the experts, especially when grabbing items that they really need. "Is it a good idea? It's the only idea," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail consultancy and investment bank. "Mothers are going to the store with their children, and to the extent you give mothers another reason to shop, you win. I compliment them for reacting. Doing nothing...
Faust explained that because the faculty of the physics department has continued to hold this idea close, the plaque really belongs to the inhabitants of the Jefferson building, not just the structure...
...reaction was simply fabulous,” he said. “When you present an idea, people usually come to you with problems and objections. But when we showed them this test, everyone said, “this makes sense”. They were floored by its logical simplicity...
...made you want to open up about all this? I think because every opinion has been out there about me, and no one really knew who I was. I think people just portrayed me as this person that had everything, and just didn't appreciate it. They had no idea I had these issues in me from...