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Speaking to students at Harvard University, he laid out the textbook case for patience: Energy disruptions tend to be short-lived and monetary policy works too slowly to counteract them in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“I think, as you say, the textbook and what we’ve learnt from central banks through history is an oil-price shock is actually seen as more of a growth issue than an inflation issue,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The discovery challenges decades of biology textbook explanations and could influence how researchers approach hair loss and hair regeneration.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

If proven, this behavior is a textbook example of misconduct sanctionable by the bar.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

As we have seen, editions of Sacrobosco’s Sphere, the elementary textbook for the Ptolemaic system, and of Peuerbach’s Theoricae, the more advanced textbook, dropped off sharply after 1610.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton