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...middle of the pack of U.S. incomes. And if she sometimes spent too freely on clothes and gear for her girls, she was able to balance the books by drawing on her equity in the home she bought in 1995. (Read about the history of the American middle class...
...Carter—who is co-director of the Preventive Defense Project—has been a vocal critic of the Pentagon for purchasing what he deems to be unnecessary weapons and has called for greater alignment between military strategy and spending. Carter was originally scheduled to teach the class “American National Security Policy” at the Kennedy School this spring, but he joins the growing list of Harvard professors who have traded their office in Cambridge for one in DC. This hasn’t been the first time that Carter has worked...
...you’ve probably heard that the world as we know it is spiraling out of control, and no one—not even Savior-In-Chief President Obama—knows what to do. Everyone, from salt-of-the-Earth Middle Americans, to class of 2006 Harvard economics graduates, is losing his job. That more than a few current seniors will likely be spending the coming year living in Mom’s house, “working things out,” has gone from an unspoken reality to a common experience. Who knew a little banking...
...packed audience took a critical look at Disney films last night in Boylston Hall, examining the popular childhood movies and their portrayals of race, gender, and class. The event, “Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood and Corporate Power,” involved a screening of the documentary of that same name followed by a discussion led by Michael Baran, who teaches Expos 20: “Race in the Americas.” The event was the brainchild of Jessica M. Ch’ng ’12, who saw the documentary in Baran?...
...fact, since the middle of last fall, Kennedy's group has held biweekly meetings that feel somewhat like a college class - albeit the most advanced seminar on health policy on the planet. There's a curriculum for each of the two-hour sessions; topics have ranged from benefits packages and employer mandates to tax treatment of health insurance, payment reform and prevention and wellness. Although they are about halfway through the agenda, participants say progress has already been made. The group agrees on broad principles like a focus on prevention, a commitment to cutting costs and universal coverage approached through...