Word: economists
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...House targets for tax punishment ranged from such respected organizations as the Ford Foundation and Brookings Institution to such radical groups as Students for a Democratic Society and the Black Panthers. A variety of individuals selected for special scrutiny included Lieut. General James M. Gavin, Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford, Economist Walter W. Heller and Actress Shirley MacLaine (all were Democrats). The intended harassment, which began early in the Nixon Administration, was often blocked by the men Nixon himself had appointed commissioners of the Internal Revenue Service or by Treasury Department officials. Though bullied by top White House aides, these...
Acting in concert, oil-exporting countries have raised petroleum prices 480% since 1970. Reacting individually, oil importers have had no alternative but to pay-and eventually they may be un able to do even that. In a lucid and frightening analysis in the July issue of Foreign Affairs, Oil Economist Walter Levy contends that the importers must choose, in the words of his title, "World Oil Cooperation or International Chaos...
...time to catch the new wave in the market, he has seen revenues grow by more than 40% a year since 1966 (last year's total: $20 million). One of his innovations has been to hire noted experts in other fields (Henry Kissinger, Bill Moyers [see below], Economist Otto Eckstein, Columnist David Broder) to relate politics, foreign affairs and economics to investments...
...Harvard Ph.D. in economics, Stamas joined Exxon in 1960 as a financial analyst, rose to head its international petroleum planning division before a six-month tour of duty in the U.S. Commerce Department. Before joining the public-affairs department in 1971, Stamas spent nearly a year as chief economist working on oil-import policy at Exxon...
...economy. As a member of the Library of Congress's legislative reference service, she passes that expertise on to hundreds of Congressmen and other policymakers. The Marion, Ind., native studied at Oberlin and the University of Michigan, came to the capital in 1957 as a Federal Reserve Board economist, later worked with the Council of Economic Advisers during the Kennedy Administration...