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...consider the policies that are influenced by the notion that our economy needs to be "competitive" when stacked up against other countries'. "If you talk about competitiveness you tend to fall into a football way of thinking," says Deirdre McCloskey, a professor of economics and English at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has studied the use of rhetoric in economics. The goal of competition is winning. If we want to win, then maybe we need to start helping industries that haven't done a very good job of competing on their own. Automobiles, anyone...
...Biology Professor Charles Marshall said he welcomes the end of rigid testing rules that have, on occasion, obstructed his goals to educate...
...Professor and former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said he welcomed the elimination of exam proctors as it did away with a physical manifestation of Harvard’s emphasis on exams...
...health benefits at work buy them on their own. The tax credits that it provides - $2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for families - fall well short of the average annual cost of a health policy, which is between $10,000 and $12,000 per family, says Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard University School of Public Health...
...urgency has sparked calls for reform. He Bing, a professor at the China University of Politics and Law in Beijing, suggests that the current system be scrapped. The academic believes that peddlers should be given more flexibility to sell their goods and that the chengguan should concentrate on more pressing urban issues. "Street vendors are an important part of the market economy and directly contribute to the GDP," says He. "There are also other merits - cheap street markets cater to low-income families, add color to city life, utilize public space and create jobs...