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While it is not uncommon for Harvard faculty to beat the well-trodden path between Cambridge and Washington, D.C., few have played such key roles in both as Dunlop...
Today, as Lamont University Professor, the gravel-voiced labor specialist has only a modest-sized office in the Littauer Center but he carries the same double burden that he has throughout his career. At Harvard Dunlop now leads a seminar on labor-government relations designed for doctoral candidates in the Business School and the Economics Departments. In addition, he teaches in the Trade Union Program, which brings national and international trade union leaders to Harvard for 12 weeks of seminars...
...Dunlop's public sector tasks that keep him busiest. A regular adviser to President Reagan on labor and industrial issues, he also serves on Reagan's Productivity Committee and chairs the administration's sub-committee on human resources. In addition, he leads the state Joint Labor Management Committee, which Gov. Michael Dukakis formed to arbitrate police and fireman labor disputes...
Roger Porter, assistant to the president for policy and executive secretary of the Productivity Committee, describes Dunlop's approach to labor-industrial problems as "motivated by regulatory reasonableness and regard for cost efficiency." The former Kennedy School of Government faculty member adds. "Dunlop's ability to contribute usefully on a broad range of subjects has earned him respect in labor, government and academic circles...
...Although Dunlop supports a number of Reagan's economic policies, such as tax reductions to increase business incentives, deregulation, and hikes in defense spending, he is quick to point out the internal contradictions of reducing taxes and raising interest rates. In general, he expressed ambivalence about the President's rosy economic forecasts, saying. "The economy will recover but to what extent...