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...Walkability is the absolute test of the overriding social, psychological and physical health of a community,” said Dan E. Burden, founder and executive director of the non-profit Walkable Communities, Inc., and one of the experts involved in the study...
...United States after living and being educated in Great Britain. A member of Harvard’s faculty since 1989, Wrangham has taught courses in human evolutionary biology and anthropology. Ross, whose academic background is in immunology, is the founder and executive director of the Kasiisi Project, a non-profit in western Uganda. Wrangham co-taught the Core class Science B-29: “Evolution of Human Nature” for a number of years, but he said he considers his new job an opportunity to increase his interaction with undergraduates. “Harvard undergraduates are full...
...signatures on authorization cards, it would automatically become their bargaining agent. Sounds like a free choice—until a Teamster is staring you in the face with a pen in hand. Stronger unions would force companies to pay more, but that money has to come from somewhere. Cut profit, and shareholders take the hit. Raise prices, and consumers foot the bill. Cut costs, and companies may be forced to fire the very workers that unions are supposed to protect. The United Auto Workers union, for example, has crippled Detroit automakers with high labor costs. Now, workers are feeling...
...College’s introductory economics class, 2,278 students have filled his weekly lectures, many picking up the former Bush advisor’s best-selling textbook, “Principle of Economics” along the way.So, what has professor of economics Mankiw done with those profits?“I don’t talk about personal finances,” Mankiw said, adding that he has never considered giving the proceeds to charity.But in recent years, other professors have found different solutions to the sometimes awkward problem of profiting by requiring students to buy their...
...running because I want to empower the American people with the power to make laws,” Gravel said. “Power is lawmaking.” Gravel, a strong advocate of direct democracy, is the founding member of the National Initiative for Democracy, a non-profit corporation devoted to giving the American people the ability to make laws through propositions—similar to the current system used in states like California. When asked what he thought his chances were for winning the Democratic nomination, Gravel replied, “I’ve been a Democrat...