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Category Archives: United States
Why Stanford students should work on Wall St.
Teryn Norris and Eli Pollak have written a strongly-worded editorial today in the Stanford Daily blasting the finance industry’s recruitment of top students. To quote: Why are graduates flocking to Wall Street? Beyond the simple allure of high salaries, investment banks … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Economics, Education, Foreign Affairs, Higher Education, Industrial Policy, Japan, Politics, Science, Stanford, United States
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The End of Democracy?
I was thinking yesterday about finding polling data about people’s faith in the basic tenets of democracy and human rights – questions like whether people felt that governments were responsive to their needs, do they think that special interests dominate political decision-making, … Continue reading
How much sympathy for unemployed graduates?
The New York Times has a piece on our generation’s acceptance of low employment prospects – a cultural shift they call “Generation Limbo” Meet the members of what might be called Generation Limbo: highly educated 20-somethings, whose careers are stuck in neutral, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Higher Education, Labor Economics, Liberal Arts, United States
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Why America Needs an Industrial Policy
This NYTimes article, “Does America Need Manufacturing?,” perfectly encapsulates why industrial policy must become a major component of the government’s efforts to renew and rebuild the American economy. There are strong echoes in this article of Clyde Prestowitz’ “The Betrayal of … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China, Korea, Politics, United States
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How Software is Destroying Society
Marc Andreessen is certainly bullish on the value of software if his recent op-ed in the WSJ, entitled “Why Software Is Eating The World,” is any indication. Andreessen writes that “My own theory is that we are in the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Politics, United States
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Some Thoughts for the Week of July 11
The New York Times reports on the quick decline of vocational education in the United States, due to a greater push by the Obama Administration and others to get students to college. While funding remains over a $1 billion, the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Elections, Europe, Higher Education, Politics, United States
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