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...unalloyed financial and technological utopia? Not quite. Oddly, the country's economic coherence of the past 15 years has gone hand-in-hand with political fractiousness. There have been 12 governments since 1991, and increasingly there's a polarization between those who insist it's vital for Estonia to stick to its current successful model and those who argue it's time for serious tinkering. The tax system, widely seen as a cornerstone of Estonia's success to date, faces the biggest threat. A 26% flat income tax was introduced in 1994. The rate has since dropped...
...Tallinn, and refurbishing their apartments. Much of this is being done on credit; banks report that their lending is up by a startling 50% this year, leading some to worry about a bubble economy, especially in real estate. "Some people think they have discovered the never-ending hockey stick," frets Erkki Raasuke, 35, chief executive of Hansabank, the country's biggest bank. Estonia's current torrid growth took him by surprise; he thought it would calm down once the country joined the E.U. in May 2004. Instead, it has accelerated, from an annual rate...
...AIDAN KELLYThe system of regulations that prohibit and condemn plagiarism are full of subtle distinctions and delicate rules, and an unwary writer can easily slip into illegal territory. But if anyone should be able to stick to the rules, it seems, it should be those who deal with complicated codes for a living—like the faculty at the Harvard Law School. Perhaps that was why the outcry over a string of alleged instances of plagiarism involving Harvard Law School professors—including Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree...
...naysayers are wrong about Pessl. Her intricate creation showcases her tremendous writing abilities and suggests she will stick around the bestseller list for years. Pessl cites—not internalizes—her many sources and churns out a cleverly constructed murder mystery novel with respectable scholarly flourishes...
...failed to mention if that was an annual salary figure or a hefty lump sum. When he turned down the offer that year, the then-chair of the Economics Department, Oliver S. Hart, wrote to The Crimson that he was “delighted” that Shleifer would stick around, and many of his colleagues told The Crimson that they were relieved to hold onto...