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...positive smell creates a positive mood, which encourages positive behavior. You cannot conclude it is cleanliness per se," says Brown University psychologist Rachel Herz, author of The Scent of Desire. To rule out the confounding factor of good smells, she says, the study's authors could have added a third room to the experiment scented with recently baked chocolate chip cookies, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do 'Clean' Smells Encourage Clean Behavior? | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...Mankiw’s simple investment portfolio consists of about two-thirds stocks and one-third bonds, balancing what he considers the high risk of equities with more dependable fixed income...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Economics Professors Push Safe Investing Strategies | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...Lind’s third novel “Ergo,” first published in 1968 and now translated into English by Ralph Manheim, is in many facets a product of his experience under the Nazi regime. The novel is rife with allusions to Hitler and his dominion, and the narrative itself is filled with a pervasive sense of horror the subtext of which could only be those atrocities...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Austrian Lind’s ‘Ergo’ a Labor of Post-War Melancholy | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson will have to improve its run defense, which gave up 133 yards in the loss to Lafayette. This will be no easy task, as Princeton comes in averaging nearly 120 rushing yards per game, good for third in the Ancient Eight...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Looks To Run over Rival Princeton | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...Asia. With the region's recovery gaining pace more quickly than elsewhere, it could be the first region to face inflation pressures. In China, growth is rapidly returning to pre-crisis levels. On Oct. 22, China reported that its gross domestic product grew by a healthy 8.9% in the third quarter, from the same period a year earlier. Inflation in China "will rise faster than in most other major economies and will therefore justify earlier and stronger-than-expected rate hikes," wrote Jun Ma, an economist at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, in a September note. Concerns are also mounting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the World Agree on a Stimulus Exit Plan? | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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