Harvard's "Dirty Money"?
That's the headline on the New York Post's
Page Six story about Harvard deciding not to return Jeffrey Epstein's money, which the paper calls "Harvard's cash grab." The Post item is based on
this Crimson story.
I suppose I have to side with Derek Bok on this one: The money was taken before anyone knew of Jeffrey Epstein's proclivities, and what good does it do to return it?
But what if Epstein wants to give more? Seems to me that in order to be consistent Harvard would have to take the gift. After all, the argument holds: Better to use Epstein's money to fund research at Harvard than to pay for rub-and-tugs from underage girls, no?
Sorry to be crude, but that's about what it boils down to.
Of course, Epstein wouldn't put Harvard in that situation, one wouldn't think. But what if he did?
