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...offer insights into human psychology, a grasp of regulatory economics can inform research proposals for environmental engineering, and in my case, a veritable course catalog of disciplines can offer insight into the relationship between social values and political decision-making. I only wish I’d realized it sooner...
...human race has lost all reason if we think any nation can be trusted with nuclear weapons. But then, had reason dictated, all nuclear weapons and the tools used to make them would have been destroyed right after Hiroshima. Sooner or later, whether by the hand of Iran, North Korea, Pakistan or even the U.S., those evil creations are going to be used again. It is sad that reason will prevail only if it is knocked into...
...Odyssey” to Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Genealogy of Morals.” In developing the course, the professors “tried to think of what books were, in effect, life-changing things that [college students] absolutely should read...sooner rather than later,” Greenblatt said. It has not been decided which department will house the course, Menand said. He and other professors hope that a new designation will be made in the course catalogue for interdisciplinary humanities courses. The cost of this initiative is still unclear, but “innovation...
...NCAA Championship Monday, when all interest I have in sporting events gets packed away with the pre-made championship T-shirts of the unfortunate loser.As an almost lifelong resident of Oklahoma, I’ve never been attached to professional sports. Franchises appropriately shun the underpopulated and geographically-dispersed Sooner State for the greener pastures of big cities and more loyal fan bases.Most of the time, I don’t really mind. The NBA lost its luster for me when Michael Jordan retired, and even the enormous Oklahoma City Hornets billboards on I-35 have trouble wresting attention from...
...been following the Fed's lead?even the Bank of Japan, which kept rates near zero for years to try to kick start businesses and consumer spending, has finally conceded that it's time to hike rates?which is why many analysts believe the stock-market party may end sooner rather than later. Higher rates flow through the global economy in a myriad of ways by curtailing borrowing and curbing business activity. Higher borrowing costs hurt corporate earnings, which is ultimately reflected by lower stock prices. Andy Xie, chief Asia economist at Morgan Stanley, says the world's equity markets...