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...there any of my economics professors herewho can tell me that zero is not predatorialpricing?" he said. "It should be case closed. Thejudge should say 'Done...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Conference Draws Internet Czars | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...took the Geography of Africa, on which I got a comfortable C, maybe even a C+. I lived in the Lampoon building with Fred Gywnne '50, the actor, who'd had trouble with his "gut" course. Someone gave us a rabbit and it had run of the Great Hall. Zero Mostel, the great moon-faced actor, came to have dinner one night and he put his face down at table-height and he and the rabbit stared at each other for a few minutes. I remember that very distinctly...

Author: By George A. Plimpton, HARVARD CLASS OF 1948 | Title: Passing Geography, Playing the Tuba, and Partying the Night Away | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...reputation for loony ideas is at its worst when it comes to economics. He is widely ridiculed for his bizarre "zig-zag theory," based on the notion that cutting interest rates, then doubling them, then slashing them again will reduce inflation. His inexperience petrifies investors. "Even if you zero out the political risk, economically you still have a mess here," says Matthew Pecot, head of research with GK Goh Securities in Jakarta. "Give it two weeks or so, and I think the students will be back out there protesting against Habibie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is B.J. Habibie? | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...With the stock market plummeting, the ruble propped up by rapidly depleting currency reserves and zero economic growth projected for this year, Moscow is looking to the IMF to keep its economy from going over the edge, reports Meier. A group of top Russian bankers approached IMF boss Marcel Camdessus today to beg for an estimated short-term $5 billion bailout, with further guarantees of up to $15 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow Reaches for the Begging Bowl | 5/27/1998 | See Source »

...will to power is a notion utterly alien to the gentlemen and ladies of the Clinton Administration. What a retrograde, common idea. In the world of geoeconomics and globalization, of international community and cooperation, of trade and togetherness, how primitive--how zero-sum--these dreams of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Explodes A Nuke--And Our Illusions | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

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