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Thanks for joining us. My name is alex meriwether. Onbehalf of harbors bookstore im pleased to introduce tonight talk with Thomas Levenson presenting his new book money for nothing the scientists and corrupt politicians who reinvented money , panicked and nation and made the world rich. Professor levinson is joined by david dobbs. Through Virtual Events like tonights, Harvard Bookstore continues to bring authors and their work to our community and our new digital community. Find our Event Schedule at harvard. Com events where you can sign up for our newsletter and shopper shelves from home. Th...

Staff panicked when the boxes showed up at their warehouse earlier this month. But it was just a red herring.

A wave of independent bookstores are opening new storefronts around Boston. Read more on Boston.com.

After a year of uncertainty, Harvard Square business owners are looking forward to welcoming more tourists and students to the Square in the next few months, now that Covid-19 vaccines are readily available in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Theodora M. “Theo” Skeadas ’12, executive director of Cambridge Local First, a non-profit network of over 450 local and independent businesses in the city, said the Square would “rebound,” though she recognized that recovery will be “difficult” for some businesses. “People are really excited to be social and reconnect, and I’ve been w...

There’s no doubt that the holidays will be very different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With cases surging in Massachusetts, state officials and public health experts are urging people to be vigilant with masking and social distancing measures, to stay home as much as possible, and limit their in-person celebrations to just within their households.  That means no jam-packed crowds of customers can flood local bookstores the week before Christmas this year; efforts to prevent transmission of COVID-19 don’t allow  aisles of books to be crammed with people searching for that last...