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...operations to a different country, or China might find another vendor. Then we’d be hurting our own industrial growth without obtaining any measurable benefit for the important problem at hand.We can, however, make this cooperation expensive to companies in other ways: we can give them bad PR, for example, by writing blog posts and newspaper columns about what they’re up to—even economists, who might dismiss regulation for unfairly forcing the costs of US social norms upon a particular company, would probably think this inoffensive, if likely ineffective.We can also call upon...
...Bush's biggest south-of-the-border PR problem is economic. Even before the start of the November 4-5 Summit, devoted to combating poverty and creating jobs, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and other Latin nations banded together to nudge Washington's Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) proposal off the agenda. The move, which has angered the Bush Administration, reflects growing skepticism in Latin America over the virtues of free-market reforms, which many believe have simply widened the chasm between rich and poor in a region that already displays the world's worst disparities in wealth...
...order to power 25 percent of student dorms with renewable wind energy. Though the termbill fee was ultimately rejected, the measure was an important impetus in pushing Summers to set aside extra funds for renewable energy. Another group, the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI) has waged a successful PR campaign with students and administrators. It helped secure Summers’ promise that new Allston buildings would be constructed with green principles in mind. HGCI has also sponsored art contests, with large prizes, that are focused on imagining what sustainability would look like on campus. The College’s Resource...
...says, “it’s just two suns and this young kid’s face, and you can see in it the yearning of every boy or girl.” More importantly, he’s not afraid to put his PR handlers on edge by admitting that making the prequels was “like any creative endeavor—there’s a lot of ego, a lot of shit you’ve gotta put up with.”But he’s certainly not an awe-struck Star...
Several students who spoke to FM wonder if the College administration’s renewed focus on creating a women’s center has anything to do with combating the PR nightmare caused by Summers’ infamous Jan. 14 remarks on the “intrinsic aptitude” of women in science...