Cornell economist Kaushik Basu, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics and chief economist of the World Bank from 2012-16, writes in this New York Times opinion piece, that the Indian government's decision to "demonitize" its currency may have greater long-term side effects than expected.
"India’s economy has enormous strengths — such as high rates of savings and investment — and this crisis will pass," Basu writes. "But just as sailors heading to sea disregard the winds and waves at their peril, economic policy makers cannot ignore the laws of economics, and intervene in the market with a blunt and heavy hand, without risking shipwreck."
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In "Child of Light," an experimental historical fiction set in 1890s Utica, Jesi Bender-Buell '07 tells the story of a young girl as she tries to understand her world through the interests of her parents: Spiritualism for Mama, electrical engineering for Papa.
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Enslavers posted as many as a quarter-million newspaper ads and flyers before 1865 to locate runaway slaves. Ed Baptist is leading the public crowdsourcing project, Freedom on the Move, that has digitized tens of thousands of these advertisements in an open-source site accessible to the public.
