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Lisa Eriksen

Morals and Molecules: A Q&A with Paul Zak | World in Mind | Big Think - 0 views

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CAMLF morality chemistry human-behavior education experience

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  • Lisa Eriksen on 11 Jun 12
     
    Trust as economic "lubricant" - should we understand the neurochemicals of our visitors? Will hugs make them feel good about our museums?
Ileana Maestas

Making Sense with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS - 0 views

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access cost warning marketization

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  • Ileana Maestas on 13 Jun 12
     
    Writer Michael J Sandel's book "What Money Shouldn't Buy" speaks to the growing "marketization" of our society. He asks strong moral questions about paying for access to fundamental parts of our society like equal representation. In this interview he does not address the marketization of arts or culture but I can see some of the warning signs he brings up. Is access to museums up for sale?
Elizabeth Merritt

The Daily Northwestern | Endowments: What are they good for? - 0 views

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endowment

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      Elizabeth Merritt on 16 Jun 20
       
      I think he means "liquid," not "illiquid"
  • in this wager against the future, austerity is partly a moral calculus. For funds can grow with compound interest, but so too can ideas.”
  • “If (universities’) goal is to continue into the deep future, then spending more now could better prop up the university’s scholarship-driven mission than hoarding in strict deference to the dollar,” Bernard wrote. “The example of graduate funding illustrates how,
  • rachel999 on 20 Jul 21
     
    Interesting and informative article. Thanks. Endowments can be very helpful. But the nonprofit and should set it up only after a careful conversation and a joint agreement. It so happened that I'm currently writing an essay on the topic. I should say, this source https://writinguniverse.com/free-essay-examples/crime/ includes a lot of useful info, so it helped me. Turning back to endowments, it is important to keep in mind that they are invested in perpetuity and that endowment life insurance policies do not have investment risk or interest rate risk.
Elizabeth Merritt

The Met Will Pay Museum Guards More Amid Covid-Related Shortages - The New York Times - 0 views

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labor wages museum security guards coronavirus museum response unions

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  • The wage increase comes as several museum employees said the morale of some guards had sunk because they felt worn out and undervalued while working in often difficult circumstances.
  • The Met’s main building on Fifth Avenue is now served by a staff of some 300 full-time guards versus the 404 that had been assigned there before the pandemic
  • Under the new wage agreement, existing guards who were being paid $15.51 an hour were given raises and are now being paid $17 an hour. District Council 37 said that average pay among guards at the museum was around $20 an hour.
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  • Nazzaro said he wished that the museum had used its website to list gallery closings in real time.
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