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...stock market bubble, claiming that home ownership had become over-politicized in recent years as a result of efforts by the federal government to increase ownership rates and widespread leveraging of real-estate assets. “Real financial alchemy was performed in order to transform the lead of sub-prime mortgage to the gold of a AAA-rated piece of collateralized debt,” said Ferguson, a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and business administration at Harvard Business School. In order to avoid future economic crises, it may be necessary to create...
...that consumes most American cities. It would be even less auspicious if you tried to save money by living right outside the city, and while sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic going to work one day, the bridge you were on collapsed. Yet gridlocked traffic, increasingly long commutes, and sub-par roads and highways are becoming an accepted part of everyday life...
...learned that being an American student in a sub-Saharan African country means navigating a dynamic of power and privilege. What I would still like to learn is how to navigate that dynamic both with humility and with grace. But I’ve still got a few months to fit that...
...between two children, and when these two elements are set against each other, as they so often are, the film fires on all cylinders. The film would have been almost perfect had Alfredson chosen to focus solely on the romance at its center. As it is, there are needless sub-plots—most of them focusing on the adult inhabitants of Eli and Oskar’s world—which are somewhat distracting. Early in the film, the focus is shared between the children and a group of adults, many of whom later become the victims...
...obstacles facing African economic development and investment at an intimate gathering in Winthrop House’s Tonkens Room yesterday. Abimbola serves as the managing partner of Shoreline Energy International, a leading African holding company currently valued at over $120 million. The group aims to build infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa through the acquisition of construction, oil, gas, and power companies. With years of experience in international business, Abimbola attested to a recent change in the prospects for African development. While the continent had previously been plagued by political strife and corruption, he said, many African governments have taken steps...