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...making loans to poor people, while an important tool, is hardly a poverty cure-all. Property rights, the rule of law--these things matter too. "You cannot overidealize what microfinance alone can do," says Clara Akerman, president of the microfinance group WWB Colombia. Most outfits started with lending simply because local laws prohibited nonbanks from offering deposit accounts. When people do have the option to save instead of borrow, saving is often what they prefer...
...would help them as President. His man-of-the-people persona has improved lately but is still a work in progress. McCain continues to sound more like the incoherent Bob Dole than the inspirational Ronald Reagan when talking about tax cuts and the rest of his economic platform. No matter what Hillary Clinton says about healing the Democratic Party, it seems clear the mistrust between Obama and her (and their respective supporters) runs deep. Finding common allies to smooth things over, like Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel, is essential. On the Republican side, Scott McClellan's book has infuriated many Republicans...
...This past year, applied physicists converted light to matter (and back); an electrical engineer made a microrobotic fly actually fly; bioengineers and public health experts created an inhaled tuberculosis vaccine ideal for the developing world; computer scientists proposed a new type currency using bandwidth; and materials scientists and geoscientists developed an engineered weathering process that could mitigate global warming...
...Weighing the consequences of innovation is not a matter of using less or more technology. All students (especially those of you who will soon leave the Yard) must understand the how and why—that means getting your hands a bit dirty. Is ethanol a practical solution to the energy crisis? Is investing in synthetic biology the best (and most ethical) way to cure disease? Should e-voting become standard practice? How do we balance development with sustainability...
...likely that students often pay more than that, since the secretive nature of the market means that many students do not know what kind of price they need to offer. An open market would ensure that tickets are sold at approximately the same reasonable price no matter where on campus the sale takes place...