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Anderson--a very dark horse in a crowded Republican field--knows he can only stay in the game so long, and he understands the fuel one television appearance can add to a smoldering campaign fire. "That smile? I was just making a mental calculation of what 16 minutes of prime time television would cost me," he explains when the program ends. Exposure has been good for Anderson. The nationally aired Iowa Republican debate, Anderson realizes, at least brought his candidacy out of the shadows, if not into the limelight...
During that appearance, Anderson--silver mane bristling with sincerity--looked and sounded like the only moderate in the field. His defense of Republican economic policies but support for more liberal programs like the ERA and federally funded abortions appealed to the disillusioned liberal. "That was the start," New Hampshire aide Bill Touchstone says. "Since then, there have been people flooding...
...faculty. The vote to tenure Harberger within Economics was, reportedly, 18 to 1, with Stephen A. Marglin, professor of Economics, casting the lone dissenting vote. Dwight H. Perkins, chairman of the department, was chairman of the search committee that recommended Harberger to Bok. Harberger is well-respected in his field as an accomplished and technically proficient economist. (This is not to say that the faculty of the Economics Department unanimously believe he is the right choice for the HIID. There are some prominent faculty members who privately oppose the appointment.) Harberger's attractiveness to the Economics faculty...
...future costs of the appointment should also be considered. The HIID, and possibly Harvard as well, will have trouble recruiting people eminent in the field of development, especially outside economics. Harberger's appointment could seriously impair the University's ability to lead the field of development into new, more fruitful directions...
...field that demands rigorous moral awareness, Harberger's moral obtuseness--which became abundantly clear at the debate on Sunday--is a devastating liability. His blindness has put him in this situation, where students and scholars alike rush to dissociate themselves from...