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...what about the idea that Ikea contributes to a culture of over-consumption? Any retailer wants people to buy more. But we're not trying to build products people should throw away in a few years to buy another one. We use raw material very efficiently. We're far more advanced than other furniture retailers at using less material in our products. I would foresee that in the not-too-far future solid wood products won't exist in our product categories. Resources are limited, so we use techniques where the wood is in the frame, but basically empty inside...
...When you're leading a company you have a mandate to change and to do things that feels a lot stronger than I can see for politicians. The way the political systems are set up - with a senate and congress, for instance, it's tremendously difficult to get from idea to execution...
...Program Manager Thomas Lee said that the idea for the event yesterday evening emerged from a conversation between Faust and Adams in 2007 when Adams was presented with the Harvard Arts Medal...
...what if it was? Even The Economist has raised the idea that the whole world should have a say in the U.S. Presidential election, presumably because the American President’s decisions have such a huge impact across the globe.3 It is a far-fetched proposal but an interesting thought. Take this, for example: In 1968, America chose Richard Nixon as president. In 1971, despite Congressional objections, Nixon actively provided arms, ammunition, and political cover to the Pakistani Government while it carried out what an American official in Dhaka described as “genocide” in present...
...Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics.” The arrest occurred merely five hours into Garcia’s 21st birthday, but HUPD declined to comment on whether Garcia was under the influence of alcohol or other substances. “I had no idea who the person was. I then asked him to leave, but instead he sat on my bed and continued to ask questions about the problem set,” Wintha F. Kelati ’11, who is also on the Crimson business board, wrote in an e-mail...