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None of this will have much impact, though, on long-run big issues like U.S. competitiveness, the state of the middle class, etc. For example, if the world economy is able to shrug off a U.S. downturn--a big topic of debate among economists at the moment--it would be a sign that America's global role has been permanently downgraded. But it won't be the doing of the recession, which is, remember, just a passing phenomenon...
Most of the baby boomers, though, will be dead by 2041. I was born in 1964, considered the final year of the boom, and according to the Social Security Administration, I should expect to keel over by the end of 2042. So it's not we boomers but long-run trends in immigration, fertility and life expectancy that are projected to leave the program chronically short of funds after that...
Still, some will end up less scathed than others. The banker with the most impressive record of avoiding scathings is Dick Kovacevich, chairman of Wells Fargo. Wells not only had an O.K. quarter but also has the best long-run stock performance of the country's big-five banks. So what does Kovacevich, who took over as president of Wells predecessor Norwest in 1989 and just stepped down as CEO in June, think of the current troubles? "We make all the same mistakes," he says. "These past two years show it again: we never learn, we don't price...
...doesn’t help us to rush the process,” she said. “We’re here for the long-run...
...Science Department’s Rotschild Prize for best undergraduate thesis. She wrote on bird migration. After graduating, Wilson and her roommate are headed to Mexico for 10 days to celebrate. Afterwards, she will be teaching high school science and computers at the International School of Stavanger, Norway. Her long-run plans include pursuing a Ph.D. in history. —Staff writer Doris A. Hernandez can be reached at dahernan@fas.harvard.edu...