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...Facing such a woeful economic outlook, E.U. monetary-affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia has struggled to make the case for fiscal rectitude. He insists the pact is flexible enough to allow short-term stimulus programs. "During the recession, the pact is not about sanctions," he said last week. "But in the medium term, we need to continue a process of consolidation of the public finances. The rules were established for everybody and must be respected...
...Geithner made its way into the plan that the Treasury Secretary announced in early February. Geithner offered only a broad outline of how he plans to spend the rest of his recovery funds. But community banks were probably pleased by Geithner's proposal to expand the Federal Reserve-funded Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility to commercial-real estate loans as well as consumer credits...
...strongly do you believe The Nurture Assumption's assertions hold up a decade on? They've held up quite well. I took an extreme position: that parents have no important long-term effects on their children's personalities. By doing this, I was making myself an easy target, inviting developmental psychologists in the academic world to shoot me down. But their attacks have been surprisingly ineffectual. One traditional developmental [psychologist]even admitted, not long ago, that they still can't prove that parents have any long-term effects on children. She continues to hope, however, that someday they will find...
...Sadness can be hard to articulate, too. Our task now should be to offer more channels for students to do just that. Last term, I didn’t realize I was depressed until I told someone I was. I felt estranged from friends and family. I worried all the time. I lost interest in activities I used to love, and started sleeping for longer and longer periods of time. Even then, I didn’t understand that I needed help until I said the words, “I’m unhappy,” and someone...
...governments around the world roll out trillions of dollars in stimulus spending to combat the global recession, debate is raging over whether the flood of money will provide much more than a short-term economic boost and whether much of the cash will ultimately be wasted. Vietnam, which like most Asian countries is being hammered by the downturn, is discovering that even the most direct form of stimulus spending - cash giveaways to citizens - can wind up in the wrong hands...