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Obama and Geithner have a long list of penalties they can impose if the banks don't do a better job of lending to small businesses or modifying home loans. And Obama's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, could target the bank's bonuses with what the senior bank executive calls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama vs. the Banks: The Pressure Intensifies | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

But in other situations, a surge of testosterone may prompt people to engage in more cooperative behavior. For the new study, researchers enrolled 121 women to play what economists call the "ultimate bargaining game": one participant is given a certain amount of money and instructed to offer a portion to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testosterone: Not Always an Aggression Booster | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

"If you give a lizard testosterone, it becomes more aggressive. But we are not lizards. Our social interactions are nuanced and complex," explains lead author Michael Naef of the Experimental Economics Lab at Royal Holloway College at the University of London. "In many human interactions, it is social rather than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Testosterone: Not Always an Aggression Booster | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

Piñera is expected to win that round as well. And if he can truly govern as a reasonable instead of rabid conservative, it could do a lot to relieve the polarization and distrust that linger 20 years after Pinochet. "Pinochet is dead and fortunately not really an issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chile's Right Tries to Shake Its Dark Past | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

Meanwhile, dozens of Mapuche communities have joined forces to create the Mapuche Territorial Alliance, which among other demands calls for the group's political independence from the Chilean state. Whether or not that's a viable proposition, the coalition may well prod the government to a more serious dialogue over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prosperous Chile's Troubling Indigenous Uprising | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

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