December 23, 2011
UConn Tuition Hikes Reveal Disconnect
The structure of the American economy is changing. The industrial-manufacturing base that defined Post-World War II America is steadily giving way to an information-technology economy that is more dynamic than any other in the history of mankind. The defining principle of this shift is the substitution of labor with capital and its hallmarks are the [...]
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December 9, 2011
Looking for Lessons in Airport Snowstorm Fiasco
They weren’t supposed to be here, but for hundreds of people traveling on Saturday, Oct. 29, that’s where they ended up. Twenty-eight flights were diverted to Hartford/Springfield’s Bradley International Airport that day, straining the airport’s capacity to the brink just as a historic snowstorm arrived in the area. Many passengers were stranded on the tarmac [...]
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