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...Bank employees have some unique problems that could intensify the dips in that model. For starters, the world is hardly well-disposed to them right now: people are angry and looking for someone to blame, and the banks and their employees are natural targets. For some employees, an entire sense of self is at-risk. "Not only is society saying, 'We don't want you to exercise [your profession] anymore,' it's saying, 'We actually don't value [your profession] anymore,'" Morgan says. The result can be a reduced sense of self-worth. Former bank employees may be timid about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Psychologist Looks at the Bankers' Dilemma | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...geometric model, Tribe—who studied mathematics as an undergraduate—states that the Constitution’s amendments are specific points and that readers of the Constitution have to decipher the “underlying nature of human dignity that these points define...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Courts Center of Tribe Talk | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...climate of deregulation that dominated the Bush-Greenspan years helped the spread of a new banking model. At its core was securitization: mortgage brokers originated mortgages that they sold on to others. Borrowers were told not to worry about paying the ever mounting debt, because house prices would keep rising and they could refinance, taking out some of the capital gains to buy a car or pay for a vacation. Of course, this violated the first law of economics - that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The assumption that house prices could continue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Laureate: How to Get Out of the Financial Crisis | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...This is a special business model where lots of the margins go back to the ground,” HCABIC President Sara B. Cheche ’09 said...

Author: By Emma R. Carron, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Divine Chocolate Company Supports Fair Trade | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...written they were just for the professor, but the movies and podcasts are to share,” Kuriyama said. “It promotes one of the most fundamental aspects of composition—the idea of communicating with the audience.” Kuriyama added that this model of communication, combining images and sounds, will become increasingly important in the Internet age. “It’s essentially a new kind of language—it’s as important a skill as writing,” Kuriyama said. Kuang-Chi Hung, a graduate student...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gen Ed Course Swaps Podcasts for Papers | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

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