cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 11 days agoDecades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Millionwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
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minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoGovernment funding which is based on the petty whims of those in power is a dangerous step. Columbia can be bad, but democratic norms being subverted, for petty or nefarious purposes can be worse.
minus-squarepandapoo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agohttps://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/10/16/columbias-endowment-rises-to-148-billion-on-pace-to-outperform-peer-institutions-in-investment-returns/
Government funding which is based on the petty whims of those in power is a dangerous step. Columbia can be bad, but democratic norms being subverted, for petty or nefarious purposes can be worse.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/10/16/columbias-endowment-rises-to-148-billion-on-pace-to-outperform-peer-institutions-in-investment-returns/