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...many ways but cutting edge social science shows that we blunder and that our blunders make us poorer, less happy, and less healthy. The good news is that we are nudgeable through acts by private companies and governments. We can be nudged in directions that make us less poor, happier and healthier...
...veteran pitchers while giving some of its kids a chance to play. This is an easy one, since Eadington’s injury creates two open spots in the weekend rotation. Senior hurlers Sean Haviland and Brad Unger have been solid this season, excluding Haviland’s poor showing against Penn on Monday, so they bring some stability while rookies like Hofeld and Ben Sestanovich get a chance to show their stuff. This strategy also bodes well for next season—if Hofeld’s one gem turns out to be no fluke, or some other current...
...version of Quidditch, however, doesn’t appeal to all fans: Edmund G. Soriano ’11 says, “I’d consider playing if we had flying brooms and Madam Pomfrey.” While everyday brooms and UHS might seem to be poor substitutes, Muggle Quidditch is nevertheless gaining popularity. And with Harvard’s endowment and top research scientists, getting in the air might not be all that far away...
...Obama's mother cared deeply about helping poor women, and she had two biracial children. But neither of them remembers her talking about sexism or racism. "She spoke mostly in positive terms: what we are trying to do and what we can do," says Soetoro-Ng, who is now a history teacher at a girls' high school in Honolulu. "She wasn't ideological," notes Obama. "I inherited that, I think, from her. She was suspicious of cant." He remembers her joking that she wanted to get paid as much as a man, but it didn't mean she would stop...
...most lasting professional legacy was to help build the microfinance program in Indonesia, which she did from 1988 to '92-before the practice of granting tiny loans to credit-poor entrepreneurs was an established success story. Her anthropological research into how real people worked helped inform the policies set by the Bank Rakyat Indonesia, says Patten, an economist who worked there. "I would say her work had a lot to do with the success of the program," he says. Today Indonesia's microfinance program is No. 1 in the world in terms of savers, with 31 million members, according...