<p>Harvard, Yale and Stanford have endowments in the 10s of billions...so why can't they afford nice things in a crisis? Find out why universities' endowments are messy, and why $40bn just isn't what it used to be. </p>

Harvard, Yale and Stanford have endowments in the 10s of billions...so why can't they afford nice things in a crisis? Find out why universities' endowments are messy, and why $40bn just isn't what it used to be.

<p>Harvard, Yale and Stanford have endowments in the 10s of billions...so why can't they afford nice things in a crisis? Find out why universities' endowments are messy, and why $40bn just isn't what it used to be.&nbsp;</p>

University Endowments

Two students at a small university in Cambridge, MA want to help you get smart! Each week we provide a succinct, humorous overview of some of the most interesting topics of the day including universal basic income, the history of the electoral college and the invention of white people.

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