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There's nothing like financial Armageddon for reviving the work of an old economist. Amid the recessionary doom and gloom, the world has channeled Adam Smith, dusted off John Maynard Keynes and revisited Eugene Fama. In recent days, it's been James Tobin's turn. Close to four decades since the Yale economist proposed a levy on foreign-exchange transactions - or a "Tobin tax," as the suggestion became known - the idea is enjoying a new lease of life. At a meeting of G-20 finance ministers last weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested the group of leading countries consider...
...dialogue becomes grating, however, when the film’s characters stop following normal conversation patterns, and instead begin to communicate with speeches that sound like contrived publicity blurbs for art shows. “Your work pushes the boundaries of modern thought, thrusting past the limitations of human emotion and cognition to create the ultimate expression of human consciousness,” Madeleine enthuses to an artist during a show. These kinds of inflated, preposterous mini-monologues quickly grow tiresome, and instead of humorously mocking the bourgeoisie art world, they come across as simply an irksome staple...
...issues that we are facing today: we have a job crisis. People are either out of work or they think they will be out of work.” He added, “I am really a representation of the American Dream...the number one thing you have to do is get an education...
Jackson F. Cashion ‘13, said that he was supporting Alan Khazei because “he’s really inspiring with his work in public service”, which includes founding the non-profit organization City Year for urban development in Boston...
...pulled himself up and has the business experience to know how to work on the issues,” Neustadt said...