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December 19, 2008

The Financial Crisis for Smarties

By PROFESSOR PENNYWISE

It is particularly urgent now for academics to attend to their savings and spending

The year 2008 is ending in financial volatility and economic gloom. Is it possible to imagine any worse — or shall I say better — moment to launch a personal finance column for those in higher education? "Academic Assets" will be precisely that: a monthly column on financial issues facing faculty members, administrators, staff workers, and graduate students.

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