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...They get generous perks, like 14 paychecks a year instead of 12. Many enjoy a workday that runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. "The state has an irrational control of the economy," says Yannis Stournaras, director of research for the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research, a nonprofit, independent think tank. "We need nothing less than a revolution in the public sector...
...only that, but 2 of the 10 most popular jobs held by Harvard University grads are executive director of a nonprofit organization and high school teacher. So if that career as a CEO doesn’t pan out, never fear. When all else fails, the whales will still need saving...
...know why there was so much less destruction in Chile: it's because the government there forces builders to adhere to rigorous codes, while Haiti's incorrigible corruption and carelessness left such regulation all but nonexistent. On the global corruption index put out by Transparency International, a Berlin-based nonprofit that lists countries from the least to most corrupt, Chile ranks 25th and Haiti 168th. And while Chilean President Michelle Bachelet hit the streets on Saturday reassuring citizens about her government's earthquake response, Haitian President René Préval has been seemingly AWOL for weeks...
...some effect. There have been 17 strikes by unmanned aircraft in Pakistani territory thus far this year, according to the Long War Journal, a nonprofit online publication that tracks such attacks. The spike was triggered in part by a Dec. 30 suicide attack that killed seven CIA officials at an Afghan outpost. The Haqqani network and Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud apparently aided the suicide bomber; some reports say Mehsud was wounded, possibly killed, in a Jan. 14 strike. Meanwhile, the remote-control pilots operating Predators and Reapers continue to peer at their video screens, hoping to catch sight...
These concepts of politics, art, citizenship, and culture converged at the Kennedy School on February 16 in a discussion entitled “Representing Americanness?: Museums, the Nation, and the Globe.” Presented by The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, the Office for the Arts at Harvard, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the event’s speakers examined the role that museums play in bridging the gap between domestic and international concerns...