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Sixty-one years after his hallmark book “Economics: An Introductory Analysis” was first published, Paul A. Samuelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in economics, died in his home on Sunday after a brief illness...
Weitzman remembers sitting next to Robert M. Solow ’44, a Nobel laureate compatriot at MIT, when Solow recalled a book he had read several decades...
KARIM SADJADPOUR, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, responding to reports that the Iranian government confiscated the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize of Shirin Ebadi (right). Iranian officials have denied the accusation...
...lauding the Obama administration (and awarding it the Nobel Peace Prize) for “change,” then perhaps we should equally shake up our holiday traditions. In holiday seasons past, many of us have grown accustomed to shopping for gifts only for ourselves and those close to us. This year, let’s have Santa re-direct our Christmas presents to help President Obama get a jump-start on his proposed initiatives—those who are able should take a new approach to presents this year by donating time or money to a charity...
While we will all be waiting to see if Obama lives up to the promise of the Nobel Peace Prize with the undertakings in motion, we should also hold ourselves accountable for “change” and make an impact—no matter how big or small—on some of the things we hope to improve. Whether it be donating time, money, or effort, giving philanthropic presents rather than materialistic ones will reap benefits for long after the holiday season has passed. While only time will tell if Obama is the “change...