Word: economists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Taussig makes some very interesting observations in the current number of Foreign Affairs on the subject of increased tariff schedules. In the same magazine the Harvard economist is vigorously supported in his contention that the new high rates will react unfavorably to the United States. This support comes from the author of "America Comes of Age," the celebrated French economist, Andre Siegfried, who points out meaningly that Europe has become strong enough to retaliate against unduly high tariff measures. The analysis of Professor Taussig together with the intimations from France suggest that the present Congress has been busy sowing...
...Economist Jenks Sirs: I wish to call your attention to an omission from your "Milestones" column of the death of a great man, Dr. Jeremiah W. Jenks, president of Alexander Hamilton Institute and an internationally known economist on Aug. 25. It so happened that his picture was published in an advertisement of the Alexander Hamilton Institute in your magazine for that week. PHILIP SOBEN Brooklyn...
Mopping Up. The colonial secretary in charge of Britain's Palestine mandate is famed Economist Sidney Webb, Baron Passneld. Last week he instructed the British High Commissioner at Jerusalem, Sir John Chancellor, to take steps for "the collection of evidence before it disappears" as to whether the Jew-Arab clashes which began last month at Jerusalem's famed Wailing Wall were "spontaneous or pre-conceived." This evidence will be sifted by a special British parliamentary com- mission, created last week by Baron Passfield and chairmanned by Sir Walter Shaw, recently Chief Justice of the British Straits Settlements, a colonial jurist...
...deal more money should be spent at once to protect Palestine Jews was sharply raised in London by-hard-featured, scrubby-bearded Dr. Chaim Weizmann, shrewd president of the World Zionist Organization. After an interview with Minister of Colonies and Mandates Baron Passfield (famed in his former style as Economist Sidney Webb), Dr. Weizmann gave correspondents to understand that the Cabinet would continue sternest measures to restore peace in Palestine, and might even dismiss Acting High Commissioner Harry Charles Luke, whom Zionists regard as chiefly responsible for allowing the situation to get out of hand. Subsequent intimations by Lord Passfield...
...Every economist knows what it means to increase an annual industrial production of a great country by say even 10%. To try to increase it by one-third sounds like madness...