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...Romer will be charged with leading a staff of professional economists that provides expert advice to Obama. In addition to Mankiw, past CEA chairs include Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ’75 and economics professor Martin S. Feldstein ’61. Harvard Kennedy School professor Jeffrey A. Frankel said that Romer, a highly-regarded scholar of monetary and tax policy, will bring more skills to the job than just her intellectual firepower. “Not all academics make good policy makers,” Frankel said. “But she’s got?...
...extremely well within their fields and to showcase them as models for others to encourage a higher quality of leadership in this country and internationally.” Of the 24 selected leaders, three are former Harvard students: energy pioneer Amory B. Lovins ’68; prominent economist Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76; and Linda D. Rottenberg ’90, CEO of the nonprofit Endeavor. Rottenberg said she was thrilled with the honor. She described the other leaders as “people who have inspired me” and called the selection...
Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffrey S. Flier released the final version of his strategic planning report last week, concluding the first phase of a process launched last fall. Flier has identified five priorities for the Medical School as the institution embarks on the next stage of the strategic planning process. The areas of focus detailed in the 20-page report include revamping medical education initiatives, investing in biomedical research and the latest technologies, and breaking down barriers to increase collaboration and build a more unified community. Though the impact of the financial crisis on University finances will affect the pace...
...mobility has received ardent support from Harvard Kennedy School professor Lant Pritchett, who co-taught Economics 1400, “The Contents of Globalization,” with University professor Lawrence Summers last spring. Professor Pritchett, and his views on migration, are often seen as radical by other economists: Jeffrey Sachs notes that migration “will never substitute for economic development at home.” But Pritchett is one of the few who has explored how big of a punch higher immigration rates can pack. In a recent book, Pritchett cites a 2005 World Bank study which...
...impossible to know how many of the Sons of Iraq have, like Abdallah, American blood on their hands. The U.S. military says it took great care during recruitment to try and prevent infiltration. According to Lieut. Colonel Jeffrey Kulmayer, chief of reconciliation and engagement for the Multi-National Corps-Iraq, "There is a screening process before they become SOI, and the [tribal] sheiks vouch for their...