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...normal times, a French President's call for an overhaul of the world's financial system would cause eye-rolling and dyspepsia among the world's free market purists. But these are not normal times: on the weekend, U.S. President George W. Bush echoed Nicolas Sarkozy's push for an international summit to that end, and on Monday world markets seemed to endorse the initiative with a positive fillip. Though the specific goals, attendees, and even exact date and venue of such a meeting have yet to be determined, the mere agreement by U.S. and European leaders to update...
...markets lots of reason to be bullish big time. "But they're are acting like spoiled kids throwing a tantrum: They've gotten gifts and excessive daily attention, but they just rant harder. Let's leave them a bit to work through it, calm down, and get back to normal...
...interest rates. After the collapse of the tech bubble, the economy needed a stimulus. But the Bush tax cuts didn't provide much stimulus to the economy. This put the burden of keeping the economy going on the Fed, and it responded by flooding the economy with liquidity. Under normal circumstances, it's fine to have money sloshing around in the system, since that helps the economy grow. But the economy had already overinvested, and so the extra money wasn't put to productive use. Low interest rates and easy access to funds encouraged reckless lending, the infamous interest-only...
...screened twice at the HFA, and other screenings in the festival took place at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Coolidge Corner Theater, Northeastern University, and Boston College. This was the first year that Harvard participated in the festival, incorporating some of the pieces into the normal HFA programming. David Pendleton, programmer at the HFA, says that Aljafari is an important young filmmaker. When asked about the particular strengths of the selection for the film festival, he said, “One of the most striking aspects of ‘The Roof’ is the important sense...
...been affiliated continue to receive inquiries from reporters and political activists. The scrutiny has been so severe that Deborah Harrington, president of the Woods Fund, has hired a public relations firm. She can't wait until Nov. 4. "We hope that at that point, we can return to normal," she says. Amid the controversy, the fund's board has discussed whether Ayers has become too much of a distraction. But, Harrington says, "We knew who he was, and about his past, when he came on the board. People can change, and he has, and he's been a person...