Word: economist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Till Freedom Comes. While the U.S. and France stoutly stood their ground, the British began to make noises as if it did not matter much what compromises were made so long as the West stayed in West Berlin. The London Economist thought it odd that the West should be willing to talk about Germany with Russian Communists but not with German...
...Carnegie Corporation grant to Radcliffe will allow Barbara Ward Jackson, noted British economist, to review various economic assistance programs, the Corporation announced yesterday. Lady Jackson is scheduled to lecture at the University this spring...
Former editor of the London Economist, Lady Jackson will attempt to define some of the consequences of systematic aid under the grant. Her case studies of several countries will include technological assistance programs sponsored by international agencies as well as by the highly developed nations, the Carnegie Corporation reported...
Another expert, University of Virginia Economist G. Warren Nutter, compared Russian economic growth to U.S. experience at about the same phase of development-between 1880 and 1920-and concludes that in these 40 years the U.S. surpassed Soviet growth in its first four decades. Soviet Russia has scored its most impressive gains in a few key fields such as steel, oil and heavy construction, whereas U.S. productive energies have ranged over a far wider spectrum, and established a much wider base. Assuming a continuous growth in the U.S. economy, Soviet output will still be badly lagging by either...
...economist charged that the landgrant colleges "seem to want not only a virtual monopoly of state and local tax power but also of Federal tax money." Although Harris does not oppose "some increase in Federal aid," he noted that "the Federal Government has serious responsibilities that cannot be otherwise financed," whereas tuition can be financed in other ways...