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...while health care came in a distant second at 9 percent. “Iraq matters and everything else is distant, that’s what the poll is saying,” said Matthew Baum, a visiting associate professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The poll, started in 2000 by Harvard students, is led by student chairs Marina Fisher ’09 and Matthew T. Valji ’08 with the help of IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe. The poll claims a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent...
...light of this, we welcome Shell’s multimillion-dollar donation to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Staggered over five years and renewable for five more, the $3.75 million gift will be administered by the KSG but will hopefully fund and bring together research on energy policy in disciplines across the university. We hope this donation will prompt Harvard to become the leader in energy research that it can and should...
...small audience at the Institute of Politics last night he is wary of the increasing role of government-controlled corporations and sovereign wealth funds in U.S. markets. Speaking in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Cox said such corporations and wealth funds are growing relative to their private counterparts. He added that foreign governments pose the greatest risk, citing government-controlled firms in which private investors hold a minority stake. “When the government becomes both referee and player...
...must be glad things didn’t work out as planned. Husband-and-wife team Deutch and Thompson discussed how they fell into their careers, Hollywood, and love as part of the “Conversations with Kirkland” series, led by Scholar in Residence Peter Emerson, KSG ’02. Emerson founded “Conversations with Kirkland” in 2002. The student-run program brings eminent personalities from diverse fields to talk with Harvard students. And the conversations are intimate. There were no more than 15 people in the room last Sunday...
Former Kennedy School of Goverment (KSG) Professor Thomas C. Schelling discussed the history and present situation of nuclear proliferation at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum last night. Schelling, who is a Nobel laureate in economics, traced the history of nuclear proliferation since the end of World War II. “The non-proliferation of nuclear weapons has been vastly more successful in the past 40 years or more than anyone could have possibly expected,” he said. Schelling, who is the Littauer professor of political economy, emeritus, also discussed five wars since World...