Word: economists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wake of Watergate, all sorts of cures, old and new, are being offered for the ills of the republic. While not quite a prescription, one arresting thought was put forth by the London Economist, inspired by the soothing pageantry of Princess Anne's wedding amid Britain's own current economic travails and by the disarray afflicting the U.S. The journal rightly divines that both the incumbent in the office and a good many Americans seem to identify the presidency with the country itself. When "we cloak a head of government also with the dignity of a head...
Like Kollek, many of the city's Jews bravely insist that "we can take a lot worse than this." In fact, they are just now becoming aware of the severe austerity that faces them. One government economist estimated that the war cost Israel more than $4 billion and has wiped out the country's projected gross national product growth for the year. To help finance the war, the government has required everyone to buy government bonds in an amount equal to roughly 10% of taxable income. Most likely, that kind of forced saving will prove to be only...
...crucial that these discussions be pursued among the American people and especially on the Left. As economist Harry Magdoff has pointed out, misunderstandings concerning the nature of economics and U.S. politics have led some radicals to believe U.S. capitalism could survive in a healtheir state without imperialism. These articles show that particular forms of expansionism represent necessary outgrowths of certain kinds of economic development and that anti-imperialism must lie at the heart of any overall anticapitalist strategy...
...current energy crisis is partly a product of a variety of unrelated market malfunctions and only partially due to the recent war in the Middle East, a Harvard economist said here last night...
...help, copy the U.S.'s 1930s soil conservation program and reclaim their land. If the anchovies do return in great numbers, the Peruvians can strictly limit the yearly catch and still get fine harvests. But clearly, the first lesson is to understand-and respect-basic ecological realities. As Economist Lester Brown puts it: "If we are to get the food we need, we cannot put more stress on nature than she can stand...