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...inteilectual, economic and political bankruptcy of communism has become apparent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, it seems odd that the majority opinion calls for more government intervention in the economy as a panacea for America's own social problems...

Author: By Dhananjai Shivakumar, | Title: Staff Naive | 2/15/1990 | See Source »

...January 3 Crimson editorial about SONG, Adam Berger argues that "higher regard for intellectual achievement [is not] a panacea for declining economic competitiveness." He cites China and the Soviet Union as examples of countries with high levels of cultural "pro-intellectualism" yet low technological and economic performance...

Author: By Leonid Fridman, | Title: Revenge of the Nerds | 1/10/1990 | See Source »

...there's something suspect about SONG's grand vision. It's unlikely that a higher regard for intellectual achievement is a panacea for declining American economic competitiveness...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Geeks Get Wild | 1/3/1990 | See Source »

Alas, Harvard is not what it ought to be. And though it would not be a panacea, a fully random housing lottery is the only way to begin solving Harvard's diversity ailments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomize Now | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...inherent fault with such scare tactics, says David C. Evans, Georgia's commissioner of corrections, is expecting too much from them. Says he: "Too many middle-class whites see it as the answer, a panacea." But with minimal counseling or after-shock guidance, the boot-camp experience "is just a car wash for criminals who are supposed to be cleansed for life," says Pat Gilliard, executive director of the Clearinghouse on Georgia Prisons and Jails. Edward J. Loughran, commissioner of the department of youth services in Massachusetts, dismisses the whole idea of shock therapy because "you cannot undo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock Incarceration | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

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