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Friedman was one of the most important economists during the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, he explains his approach to economic policy, which includes more emphasis on personal freedom and market mechanisms and less emphasis on centralized governmental solutions. This book is always one of the favorites of students in my freshman seminar. Both those who agree with it and those who don't appreciate Friedman's straightforward, logical prose...
...Cove,” “The September Issue” and “The Art of the Steal,” the latter of which opened in limited release on Friday and addresses the dispute over the control of a massive collection of early twentieth-century art. A press release for “The Art of the Steal” claims that the film “plays like a thrilling whodunit,” evoking reviews of “The Cove,” which generally expressed an excessive amount of surprise that...
...Harvard has a spectacular legacy of archaeological fieldwork in Egypt from the first half of the twentieth century,” Manuelian said. “I am very excited that the University has chosen to revive its commitment to the study of ancient Egypt...
...believe I’m staying true to the essence and meaning [of the opera],” says Director Michael A. Yashinsky ’11, “but I’m moving it into the twentieth century.” Yashinsky has set his rendition of “Tosca” in fascist Italy, where Mussolini will reprise Napoleon’s tyrannical role...
...campaigner, nor cast doubt on the authenticity of his humanitarian sentiment, but simply illuminate the complexity of his predicament and character. Instead, Goodman misses the opportunity to present Casement’s story as emblematic of the conflicted, traumatized, and transitional consciousness of colonial operators in the early twentieth century. Furthermore, in attributing to Casement an unalloyed concern for “human rights,” Goodman simplifies where he should have complicated: while the Putumayo revelations contributed much to the burgeoning discourse of human rights, the movement would not gain momentum until the Interwar years and beyond...