Graduates of Harvard University are increasingly heading into careers
in finance, which is a bad thing. Statistics show that when Harvard
grads flock to Wall Street (when times are good and careers there appear
most attractive), the stock market falls the following year. In 2007,
for instance, 47 per cent of Harvard grads went to Wall Street, reports
the website Quartz. We all know what happened in 2008.
Austerity strikes again. Italy reported there were 1.65 million
bicycles sold in the country in 2012, compared to 1.4 million cars. It's
the first time bike sales have passed car sales in nearly 50 years in
Italy, home to Ferrari and Lamborghini. "There is a silent revolution
taking place on two wheels in our cities," said the country's transport
undersecretary last week.
Culled from Back to basics. Maclean's, 00249262, 6/17/2013, Vol. 126, Issue 23
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