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...example, unfettered capitalism was practically a dirty phrase. One historian said those who believed in free enterprise were "a defeated party." With memories of the massive unemployment of the Great Depression still fresh, and the need to rebuild from the devastating war all-important, Europe moved toward a state-heavy "mixed" economic model. In the U.K., government leaders nationalized key industries and introduced national health care and other "welfare-state" programs. The "mixed" economy performed well for a while, but by the 1970s it had run into a wall. State-owned firms drained the national budget while inflation soared...
...Similarly, many new leaders of the developing nations that emerged from colonial empires in the mid-20th century believed their poverty was rooted in free markets and leaned toward state control. In India, for example, Jawaharlal Nehru, its first Prime Minister, saw imperialism as an outgrowth of free capitalism; only the state, he figured, could be entrusted to improve the livelihoods of the poor. The result was the bizarre License Raj, a bewildering maze of regulation that hamstrung private enterprise. By 1990, the system had produced outdated, uncompetitive companies and a near bankrupt government. India only started to boom once...
...Center for Public Interest Careers received a $1 million gift from David A. Ackert and Charlotte C. Ackert ’76 earlier this month as part of a University-wide push toward fostering increased student interest in the public sector...
...providence of the very wealthy at Harvard,” Levi said. “The attempt was to democratize the benefits of living on campus.” A VISION REVISITEDBut according to some, Lowell’s vision for Harvard housing is tainted by another legacy: discrimination toward gay, Jewish, and other minority students.The current Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck acknowledged that “in Lowell’s time there were certain kinds of exclusions that were part of the zeitgeist of the era.” As GSD students including Matt Storus approach...
Even with the limitations on his ads, Davis says he holds no ill feelings toward Obama. He says the McCain campaign's plan, which was largely dependent on tactical attacks on Obama, was working well until the financial meltdown, which began to accelerate in mid-September. "You've got to look at it and say, my Lord, it was just Obama's time. You know, his stars aligned right," Davis says. "And I think he's an incredibly gifted candidate. Let's hope, and I do hope, and I hope I'm right, that he'll be a very gifted...