Word: preservationism
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At the 30-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, chief economist Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel argues forcefully that governments should do more to retrain workers and overhaul their labor-market policies to ensure that once recovery comes, new jobs are created in sufficient numbers to swiftly bring the...
For all the economists' doubts, there's immense political pressure on authorities to do something to slow growing joblessness. Several national and regional governments are subsidizing job-preservation efforts along German and Japanese lines, sometimes for the first time. Regional authorities in Wales, for example, have just introduced an on...
My answer, of course, was less important than what Burmese living under one of the world's most Orwellian regimes thought. And what they said surprised me. Yes, some deemed the elections "useless." Others conceded that the obstacles to even a semblance of electoral freedom are formidable. Before a single...
A large drapery hangs from the entrance of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, detailing the evolution of Harvard’s art museums throughout the decades. One word, printed in thick, black letters, spreads out across the center: transformation. The word serves as a harbinger, a visible indicator of the...
When the Vikings arrived in Iceland, their culinary concerns revolved around food preservation, not flavor. That led to distinct specialities - still enjoyed by Icelanders today - such as hrútspungar (ram's testicles pickled in whey) and hákarl (rotted shark meat that reeks of ammonia). Thankfully, the advent...