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...paralysis that makes an economist incapable of acknowledging that African-American history or contemporary French theater might be legitimate scholarly pursuits. Respect for careful quantitative treatment of scientific questions is one thing, but the application of economics to the philosophical question of where a university is headed deserves the scorn with which the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has treated Summers...
...more successful outside India than at home. Alas, a similar problem plagues Nigeria. Those born in the 1970s who left to study in Britain and the U.S. now want to return home and apply the skills and business practices learned in the West. But their enthusiasm is met with scorn, suspicion and envy. I wonder whether Nigerians feel betrayed or fear the Western work ethic. Like the Indians, we are success stories in our adopted homes but not in the land of our birth. They say a prophet is never honored in his homeland, but they also say charity must...
...You’ve garnered a lot of praise in the “Free Culture” movement—and scorn from its enemies—for your adoption of the Creative Commons license for all of your writing. Your latest book is even licensed for profitable use in developing nations. How is this a move towards empowering artists...
Though no Harvard professors aired their scorn on the website, we here imagine a series of entries from five distinguished professors claiming membership of the Faculty, “at a private Ivy League institution in Cambridge, MA?...
...strong independent woman. ?Even so, Fuller concedes that she and Baker made the mistake of venting their emotions and ?pushing each other?s buttons? when the cameras were rolling.? Watching was pretty scary,? she says. The worst part was seeing Baker become an object of public ridicule and scorn. "People really hated Jonathan, and that was disappointing," she says. "He's a great guy and has great friends. And we?re pretty secure with...