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...ECONOMICS OF POVERTY by Thomas Balogh. 381 pages. Macmillan...
...England's most controversial economist," as the dust jacket correctly bills Thomas Balogh, believes that the world is a ticking time bomb. Rich nations are getting richer while poor nations are getting poorer-and unless the trend is radically reversed, warns the author, all the colored races will embrace Chinese-style totalitarianism. His thesis is well-worn and his stark pessimism is questionable, but the problem of widening inequalities is all too real and urgent...
Wilson's two most influential and eminent economic advisers would have no official role in his government. Nicholas Kaldor, 55, and Thomas Balogh, 57, are both Hungarian-born and are known as "those evil Hungarians," nicknamed respectively "Buda" and "Pest." Balogh, a mercurial left-wing Oxford economist, near neighbor of Wilson in suburban Hampstead, has long been the dominant influence in his economic thinking. As a quid pro quo for restrictions on wage raises, Buda and Pest have convinced Wilson that he needs control over corporate profits and dividends and a tax on capital. Officially, Labor intends only...
...system enjoyed taking a course as completely out of our ordinary field of interest as Soc. Sci. 8 or who were grateful for the opportunity of acquiring some background in world history with the aid of Soc. Sci. 1 would regret the denial of this alternative to others. Dorothy Balogh '64, Sondra Gamow...
Died. Harry Balogh, 70, boxing's "Marquis of Malaprop," whose bullhorn ring announcements rattled U.S. stadiums for some 35 purple years; following surgery; in Manhattan. A onetime bellhop from the Lower East Side, Balogh brought "class" to his profession by introducing the soup-and-fish and the comparative adjective (his variation on the ungrammatical "best-man-win" theme: "May the better participant emerge triumphant"), in 1935 capped a lifelong battle against race hate by imploring an inflamed crowd at the Primo Carnera-Joe Louis bout: "Leave us all view this contest without anchor or prejudism...