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...much of the country is ignored. In particular, why should a candidate’s stance on swing-state concerns like ethanol—a hot button issue for Iowa’s farmers—determine whether or not they end up in the White House? The Founders strove for equality among the states, not unfettered favoritism. Take California for example, the largest state, whose population is nearly 70 times that of the smallest state, Wyoming. California’s 55 electoral votes is only 18 times Wyoming’s three, meaning that a vote in Wyoming potentially...
...about questions of efficiency and redistribution in public sector economics separately, “all of that comes from Musgrave.”“Generations of students who used his textbook [The Theory of Public Finance] think about the world very differently,” Cutler said.Musgrave strove for much of his life to find ways for the state to play a positive role in the economy, which entailed understanding the trade-offs between allowing the government to provide some goods versus allowing the private sector to provide them.As a student who came to Harvard...
...contradiction has found ample room. "Italy," he writes, "is the only workshop in the world that could turn out both Botticellis and Berlusconis." And one into which outsiders enter at their peril. "Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing," warns the writer. In Botticelli, who strove "to reconcile Plato and Christ in a representation of the beauty that derives from the union of spirit and matter," foreigners only see "flowers, sea and a girl surfing on a seashell. It's a trap. For 500 years, you've been falling into it, and we've been chuckling...
...glare of the corridor. I thought I'd probably heard wrong. A "token black" maybe-some gang member pushed off the platform? Or a marijuana smoker (as in Steve Miller's famous line, "I'm a midnight toker")? The jargon varies by hospital and, like all residents, I strove...
...Hannah Ahn,” said Victoria E. Clark ’08. Following the auction, Orange Crush, an 80’s styled dance party band provided music while revelers danced below Styrofoam hearts and multi-colored lights.Organizers and security involved with Friday’s party strove to make sure that the event was safe, as previous pub nights have filled Loker Commons to the legal limit. Ilya Luvish, who is Memorial Hall’s representative and has been working there for five years said that Pub Night has been a good addition to Loker?...