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...certain sly fox pulled a Spiderman, and scaled great heights (all the way up a building!) to go war with a bear. The bear went through the window, and the foxes were thrown out of the club—for good...
...having buyers and sellers with different amounts of information about the transaction to be made, the recruiting market is ridden with “adverse selection.” In the Harvard case, it is not hidden car qualities, but rather uncertain applicant motivations that force employers to bear all the risk of hiring a “lemon.” As a result, it is both the students and employers who face second-best outcomes in summer and job offers...
Restructuring OCR as a matching service, rather than merely a listing of “unverified” internships and interview space, greatly spreads the risk employers currently bear. OCS should be an impartial intermediary to match market players, though, granted, this is not an entirely closed market. Nevertheless, with preferences blind to the other side, the problem of information asymmetry can be resolved for those who do recruit, as each party is incentivized to honestly and openly reveal its preferences, which is what is lacking in the current system. Job scarcities will still lead to students...
...Beard's dismissal of global warming changes when his unhappy home - his current wife is cheating on him in response to his half-dozen extramarital affairs - and his stalled work collide on the full-length polar-bear rug in his living room. (Updating Chekhov: If the author of a climate-change novel shows you a polar-bear rug in the first act, you can be sure it will bare its teeth in the next one.) Quite suddenly, Beard discovers what he believes is the solution to the problem of climate change: artificial photosynthesis, harnessing sunlight to split water and yield...
...process to provide high quality care and eliminate wasteful spending. Yet after decades of failed attempts to fix this critical institution, our political system has proven itself capable of contending with complex issues—even in the face of diverging interests. Now, we must bring that system to bear on the next big issue of our time—whether it be financial reform, immigration, or climate change. It is our responsibility as students to continue to elect motivated representatives who are passionate about progressive change—who will fight for our values and our ideals...