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...convince those terrified consumers to do that may be to persuade them that things are about to get much worse. That means printing money. Some economists, led by Paul Krugman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, think that inflation -? and, more important, the prospect of more inflation to come -? may provide the crucial incentive Japan needs. "By forcing prices up and eroding the value of the yen," says Baumohl, "you might convince people that whatever they?re going to buy, they?d better buy now, because in a month it?ll cost more." The same goes for saving -? why hoard...
...suppose I tapped into a broad sense of frustration among many students, a general fatigue with Harvard life. Nonetheless, somewhere in that column I predicted that a time would come this year when my Harvard sickness would be replaced by a wave of sadness and nostalgia as the prospect of leaving approached...
Like Harvard, most other universities do not grant tenure easily. But professors Cheah, Masten, and Brian Harper, who left the Harvard English department in 1995, says the other schools offer the prospect of tenure, sometimes at the associate professor level...
After all, life will probably go on after New Year's Eve, and we should be able to enjoy it without the prospect of another millennial celebration in another 1,000 years to keep us going...
Sources told The Crimson that Rudenstine had long wanted to make a financial aid policy change, but Knowles balked at the prospect of spending more money...