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Economics Department Chair John Y. Campbell moderated a spirited discussion between Economic Professors Jeremey C. Stein and Kenneth S. Rogoff, and History Professor Niall C. D. Ferguson. The panel touched upon poor short-term investment strategies in western countries, faulty “fire marshalling” of these investments, and China’s comparatively better economic health...
...carry out this ambitious vision, the Task Force created the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA), which oversees, revises, and prioritizes its original short-term and long-term goals. One of these goals is to encourage a great range of artistic expression...
Panelists, including Harvard Medical School epidemiologist P. Gregg Greenough, said that in the short-term, the international community needs to focus on humanitarian aid to feed and care for the Haitian people...
...Plessinger agrees, saying, "We are glad that [Miami-Dade County] has taken the lead on this." But Miami-Dade is just one of Florida's 67 counties. Eventually the state, and maybe even Washington, will have to assume that lead. Keeping sex offenders under the bridge may be good short-term politics, but it may well threaten the long-term safety of kids...
...State of the Union, Obama made that clear: "Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions. So let's show the American people that we can do it together." And in his well-received question-time appearance in front of Republicans on Friday afternoon, the President seemed to gain back some momentum by taking the GOP to task for their unwillingness to compromise. "On some very big things, we've seen party-line votes that, I'm just going...