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...panel discussion yesterday, Chinese delegates discussed climate change policy and the Chinese and American economies with Economics Professor Richard N. Cooper...
...humanities at the university level. “The Humanities center at Harvard is a pioneering force,” she said. “It raises the most important discussion being had in the culture today.” Waters, an editor at the HUP, said that the panel made certain concepts in the humanities more accessible. “The barriers between the humanities break down when you listen to these two guys speak,” he said. At the end of the discussion, Taylor said, “I felt that the event was important...
...deficit for the next fiscal year in light of the economic recession, according to state lawmakers. State Representative Charles Murphy and Secretary of Administration and Finance Leslie Kirwan stressed the need for budget cuts and budgetary redistribution, particularly in the health care sector, to ease economic strain in a panel discussion at the Kennedy School of Government last night. The panel also included Kennedy School Senior Associate Dean and Lecturer in Public Policy Peter B. Zimmerman. Murphy and Kirwan, who both play large roles in determining the state budget, emphasized that the recession will get worse before it gets better...
...Brooks put it, to focus their attention on the ravenous "tiger ... lunging at your neck" - i.e., the tanking world economy - instead of the "dust bunnies under the bed," the AIG bonuses. Geithner employed this tactic Tuesday: "AIG highlights very broad failures of our financial system," Geithner told the House panel Tuesday. "Our regulatory system was not equipped to prevent the buildup of dangerous levels of risks. Compensation practice rewarded short-term profits over long-term financial stability, overwhelming the checks and balances in the system." (See the best business deals...
...idea of a truth-finding panel is an excellent one, but it would help our understanding to study whether the torture and other alleged illegal activities actually prevented terrorist attacks. I think Dick Cheney and George W. Bush were violating the law and the Constitution but sincerely believed this was necessary to protect the American people. Was it? Investigating this issue might vindicate them. It also might not. Sara Brown, Clinton...