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...poor forecasting record of economists is legendary, but I will make a forecast in which I am very confident: Whatever you expect your life and work to be like 10, 20, or 30 years from now, the reality will be quite different. In looking over the 30th anniversary report on my own class, I was struck by the great diversity of vocations and avocations that have engaged my classmates. To be sure, the volume was full of attorneys and physicians and professors as well as architects, engineers, editors, bankers, and even a few economists. Many listed the title "vice president...
These cases of poor attendance, partly a result of an aging and entrenched Faculty, are not likely to be helped by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith’s decision to “pause” Faculty hiring during the next academic year, which will temper recruitment to only bring in enough Faculty to replace the number that leave or retire during the year. This plan ignores many of the gaps in the subject matter covered by the expertise of current faculty and will ultimately hurt departments’ academic flexibility...
...When I was working for McGovern, I had a chance to write legislation for poor kids,” Stone said. “Who wouldn’t want to do that...
...Sorcerer’s Stone,” was released in 1997, the seven-part series has sold more than 375 million copies. Translated into more than 64 languages, including Latin, the novels have spawned a crazed international following that has made Rowling—once a poor, single mother writing on napkins—the highest-earning novelist in history...
...Moreover, this attitude reflects a paternalistic view of the decision-making capacity of the poor. One cannot assume that the decision to sell an organ is myopic or irrational when a poor person makes it. While some could potentially sell their organs out of desperation, it is likely that they would rather have the money—which could provide them with food, shelter, or medicine—than have both kidneys. Prohibiting such a sale will not alleviate the other problems they face; in fact, it will exacerbate them...