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Agricultural policy is not sexy. You probably don't know the intricacies of "loan deficiency payments" or "base acreage," and you probably don't care. This was once an agrarian nation, but now there's a less than 1% chance that you're a farmer, and if you are, you're probably part time; the average farm family gets 82% of its income from nonfarm sources. We're not a people of the soil anymore, and for most of us, our eyes glaze over when we see farm statistics like the ones in that last sentence...
...sharing joint ventures called syndicates. The proposition is simple: syndicates allow up to 50 people to pool their money and collectively purchase, maintain and race thoroughbreds, and to share in the winnings. In the U.K., the British Horseracing Authority hopes such schemes will expand the sport's middle-class base. A few hundred pounds can give enthusiasts an insider's privileges, landing them not only a stake in a horse, but also access to the paddock, pre-race chats with trainers and jockeys, and the chance to gloat in the winner's circle. Ed Marley, a syndicate member and managing...
...they’ve raised their income,” said Jeffrey A. Frankel, a professor of capital formation and growth at the Kennedy School of Government, in an interview before the event. Frankel said that although China has been rapidly industrializing, it has done so without a large base of natural resources. “China has accomplished this miracle in much the same way that previous great powers have risen...which is manufacturing and trade. You don’t necessarily need natural resources to do that,” Frankel said. Dwight H. Perkins, a professor...
...Because the economic conservatives who traditionally allied with the Republican party are gradually realizing that the Christian right maintains a strong hold on the party’s nominations for most important elected positions and will continue to be the largest single component of the Republican voting base,” he says, “it is nearly impossible to be both a Republican and a social liberal...
Andrew C. Coles ’09 was first attracted to the African and African-American Studies department—the post-2003 title for the former Afro-American Studies department—because it combined a broad base in the humanities with a narrower focus on African-American culture. He initially worried, however, that his ethnicity would affect the way people perceived his academic choices. “I was afraid that I would be, quote unquote, that black kid doing that black stuff,” he says...