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...very big stimulus. This is so even though any amount in the hundreds of billions--the minimum necessary to enter the bidding--immediately makes a mockery of anything anybody has said or done in recent years about getting government spending under control. At best, you might be able to stir up an argument about "very big" vs. "very, very big," or about how the money should be spent. Politicians aren't the only ones dusting off their wish lists. Columnist David Brooks, channeling Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, says let's not forget state universities. Noted...
...surprised if he weren’t seriously considered for it,” Zeckhauser said, adding that Summers could also end up in a senior position at the World Bank, where he served as chief economist in the early 1990s. The selection has created little stir among the liberal groups that had expressed strong opposition to Summers’ possible appointment as Treasury secretary. The National Organization for Women and other women’s groups, for example, had issued sharply-worded statements of protest earlier this month, harking back to Summers’ turbulent tenure as Harvard?...
Audience members reacted in a similar manner to panelists, touting the speech as a “big contribution” to the discussion surrounding climate change, but said they were unsure as to how effectively it will stir globally responsible action...
...past months, Chen has been trying to stir up sympathy from supporters as he faces charges that could lead to at least five years in jail. After his arrest, Chen politicized his case by saying that the current President Ma Ying-jeou had him arrested "to appease China." Some Chen supporters are fiercely loyal to the "Son of Taiwan," Chen's nickname, and have strong suspicions of Ma's ruling Kuomintang party, which was an authoritarian regime for nearly 50 years. Analysts, however, don't think Chen's sensational detention will affect the government, in part because Ma has been...
...things grow worse at home expect Medvedev and his patron, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, to ramp up the rhetoric in an effort to stir nationalism and nostalgia for Russia's lost empire. But ignore the words and take note instead of what Russia's leaders do. Speech made, Medvedev sent a message of congratulations to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama this week. "I hope for a constructive dialogue with you based on trust and consideration of each other's interests," the message ended. The Russian leader knows that even when he talks tough the likelihood that he can back that...