Word: economists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Including Law Professor Michael Severn, Critic Lionel Trilling, Philosopher Ernest Nagel, Sociologist Daniel Bell, Nobel Physicist Polykarp Kusch, Economist Eli Ginzberg, Historians William Leuchtenburg and Walter P. Metzger, Political Scientists Alexander Dallin and Alan F. Westin...
Wehrle was Senior Economist for the Council of Economic Advisors from 1961-1962 and served as both Associate Director of the Agency for International Development Mission in Vietnam and Economic Counselor of the U.S. Embassy there from...
Peace in Viet Nam may still be a long way off, but even the prospect of negotiations has created a new mood for much of U.S. business. As they look toward war's end, most businessmen see economic possibilities that range from pleasant to dazzling. Says Economist Arthur Smith of the First National Bank in Dallas: "No single event would do more good for the nation's economy than ending...
...optimistic view is neither unanimous nor total. Many experts think that unemployment may jump briefly from its present low of 3.6% to a range of from 4½% to 5%. Painful though that would be to the workers affected, the situation would help to curb inflationary pay increases. Chicago Economist John Langum expects a drop in business inventories, corporate profits, personal income and consumer spending to add up to "a moderate recession." In any case, the impact of peace will hit industries, areas and manpower unevenly. Many industries likely to lose war business-autos, textiles, rubber, for example-are those...
Virtually every leading economist-along with the business and banking communities and Government fiscal experts-believes that a general tax rise is mandatory if the U.S. is to escape what might be a runaway boom (see BUSINESS). The gross national product grew at a frenetic $20 billion pace during the first quarter, while consumer prices soared at the rate of at least 4% a year-faster than at any other period since the Korean War year...