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...key finding is that societies of hunter-gatherers tend to be more economically egalitarian than those of farmers and herders because of how parents do - or don't - transfer wealth to their children. Among hunter-gatherers, a child born into the top 10% of richest families is three times more likely to wind up rich than a child born into the poorest 10% of families. Among farmers, that rich-born child is 11 times more likely to be rich, and among herders, 20 times more likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Information Economy May Shrink the Rich-Poor Gap | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...key to her success—love for sports...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kucharczyk Welcomes Challenge of Two Teams | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...impels Harvard to adopt spending and investment habits that make initiatives like the construction of the Allston science complex less dependent on market conditions or investing climates. A more conservative approach to investing and spending would ensure that, no matter the state of boom or bust in the markets, key Harvard initiatives, whose progresses have an uncommonly significant effect on the community, will not be stalled in a manner that is unduly harmful to community residents. We can see the effects of poor financial planning simply by observing the pernicious effects of our stymied science-complex initiative, where plot vacancies...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu | Title: Dissent: Bursting Harvard’s Bubble | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...Thus far they have identified four key areas in which they believe their opponents are vulnerable: the ongoing credit crunch in the commercial real estate market, the looming costs of unemployment tax increases on states and businesses, the massive budget deficits and what Cantor calls an uncertain environment that Obama's ambitious agenda on health care, financial reform and climate change is creating for the business community. Cantor admits the group has yet to come up with any solutions, but they are meeting over the next few months to hear from experts and to hammer out concrete proposals. The method...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the GOP Hopes to Overcome 'Party of No' | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...contracts and U.S. money, would be substantial. As President Barack Obama deliberates signing a new bill that would allow money to be allocated for insurgents who jump the fence and fight on the side of the government, as was done in Iraq's Anbar Awakening, Karzai would be a key point person for mediating between the Taliban and the presidential palace.(See pictures of the battle in Afghanistan's Kunar province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Karzai's Problem Brother: Drugs, Spies and Controversy | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

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