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...focus on Cambridge Local First, an organization he co-founded that aims to support local businesses in the area. “I feel like I’ve been contributing to the culture in the book business and moving onto local culture and sustainability is the next step,” he said. Founded by Kramer’s father Mark, Harvard Book Store at first sold used books on JFK Street and then changed both location and merchandise. Now the book store just across from Harvard Yard sells intellectual books that could be assigned for courses...
...What should we do about rising economic inequality? Answering this question inevitably involves difficult value judgments and tradeoffs. But approaches that inhibit the dynamism of our economy would clearly be a step in the wrong direction. To be sure, new technologies and increased international trade can lead to painful dislocations as some workers lose their jobs or see the demand for their particular skills decline. However, hindering the adoption of new technologies or inhibiting trade flows would do far more harm than good over the longer haul. In the short term, the better approach is to adopt policies that help...
While the Gen Ed program suffered from a lack of publicity, Harvard’s new financial aid initiative was showered with media attention. And for good reason: The program is a major step forward in eliminating socioeconomic barriers to attending college. The initiative—which limits annual tuition payments to no more than 10 percent of income for families making between $120,000 and $180,000 annually—allows families in that bracket to save several thousand dollars in tuition payments per term. Other aspects of the initiative demonstrate a sensitivity to college life for students receiving...
...Following Summers’ resignation that year, many expected Rubin to follow suit and step down from the position that he had used to support the embattled president...
...think that many people thought that perhaps he would make room for a new administration by stepping aside since he was so much an advocate for president Summers,” history of science professor Everett I. Mendelsohn, a former member of the Faculty Council, said last week, “but he didn’t step aside...