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Russia needs foreign companies to plug a huge hole in Putin's economic policies. In his first term as President, Putin introduced modern tax and corporation laws. But he failed to spur the development of a business infrastructure that would enable Russia to diversify away from its over-reliance on energy and metals. Now, as the crisis starts to bite, the Kremlin is reacting by increasing its control over broad swathes of the economy. Through the state-controlled banks, it is bailing out selected business executives who are having trouble paying their debts - including Oleg Deripaska, a metals tycoon...
...years? Because as the world's population grows--from 6.8 billion now to as much as 9 billion by 2050--we could run out of productive soil and water. Most of the population growth will occur in cities that can't easily feed themselves. Add the fact that modern agriculture and everything associated with it--deforestation, chemical-laden fertilizers and carbon-emitting transportation--is a significant contributor to climate change, and suddenly vertical farming doesn't seem so magic beanstalk...
...challenges to human rights still persist,” said Sen, citing AIDS and statelessness as modern challenges to protecting human rights...
Farmer brought a medical perspective to their conversation. He said that modern challenges impede equality, including the rising unemployment rate, food scarcity, and agricultural competition...
...heavily with the reform, saying that his position as interim president allowed him to make this change with “minimal political fall-out.” “Derek Bok recognized the significant hindrance of our nonsensical calendar and gave students the gift of a modern schedule,” Staff said. A previous attempt at changing the calendar had failed under Bok’s first term as University president in 1974. Nicholas Lemann ’76, president of The Harvard Crimson in 1975 and current dean of Columbia’s School of Journalism...