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Read TIME's Two-Minute Bio of Bank of America's Kenneth Lewis...
...choice to personally send him to the G-20, he was “exceptionally impressed with the economic team that Sen. Obama has put together which includes Larry Summers.” Reflecting an opinion that President Bush also expressed in a speech last Thursday, economics professor Kenneth S. Rogoff said in an interview, “Anyone looking to the G-20 this weekend for salvation wasn’t going to find anything in the way of immediate change.” Though the leaders did not develop a concrete plan to solve the economic crisis, they...
...DIFFERENT WORLD Some of Summers’ strongest critics during his tenure at Harvard, including Ryan, said last week that they believe that the Treasury Department and the University are different enough that many of their complaints would not be applicable if Obama appoints Summers to his Cabinet.Economics Professor Kenneth S. Rogoff said that what he sees as Summers’ swift, bold decision-making style is vital given the current financial crisis and will outweigh the effect the Faculty’s previous criticisms could have on his nomination.“I think we?...
...alternative. He begins by examining the history of voting theory, finding a rich tradition of discussion on the subject extending back to ancient times. Indeed, the narrative of voting philosophy flows through the French Revolution, finds an unlikely mouthpiece in author Lewis Carroll, and continues to 20th-century economist Kenneth Arrow’s famed “impossibility theorem.” The theorem, which roughly proves that no ranked voting system can be fair, had an enormous impact on democratic thought.But by amplifying the discussion, the theorem also led to consideration of various other voting methods. Poundstone evaluates...
...Cambridge is more than just a left-leaning city. It’s a multiple-college town, home to a city council known for its commitment to eco-friendly policies. It is the home of America’s first openly gay mayor, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, who held office from 1992-1995 and 2006-2007. Reeves’ second term was followed by a second openly-gay mayor, E. Denise Simmons...