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Amherst College

Amherst, Massachusetts

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  • February 5, 2010 | Tarsi Dunlop
    Fantastic Summer Opportunity Intern in Washington D.C. or Chicago for ten weeks this summer, and get paid.  The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network is proud to bring you the third Roosevelt Summer Academy.  From June 3rd through August 12th, you will intern in a DC organization or with Roosevelt, attend a...
  • January 11, 2010 | Sid Salvi
    Instead of lounging around like I usually do in January, I am taking an interterm class called, Crafting Public Policy.  In this class, we learn the basic history and theoretical framework of public policy in the United States and study four local issues.  Our study of local issues differs from most policy classes because we focus on...
  • December 26, 2009 | Sid Salvi
      A recent New York Times article, entitled, “Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It, and Won,” poses a serious policy challenge for Washington.  The article describes how many top investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank created a plethora of mortgage-backed assets, like collateralized-debt...