There are many villains besides ratings agencies in this tragedy, which has cost millions of people their homes and financial security, yet few of the perpetrators have paid any tangible price.
Indeed, it's increasingly crucial that we find answers to these questions, not only so we can try to politically address the problem of "radical Islam" in a way that makes sense, but because American Muslims are paying a very tangible price.
His freedom, however, comes with a very tangible price: his livelihood.
HSBC, a British bank, calculates that if exports to China and commodity prices had both remained at 2002 levels, Brazil's trade surplus would have been $19 billion last year rather than $25 billion—a tangible but not drastic difference.
The nonacademic public will have difficulty seeing the tangible price paid at Harvard.
"People can see a tangible benefit with congestion pricing, but it's another leap of logic to say what kind of car they should be driving," said Scott Le Vine, a transportation consultant at the Center for Transport Studies at Imperial College London.
She knew from the first purchase order she received from Amazon in 2007 that her idea — to sell designer products with a tangible, measurable donation built into their prices — begged for incorporation.
Pineapples are a tangible product with a specific, market-driven price.
"Sustaining the recent oil price rally requires firmer demand and a tangible supply response," they said in a note.
