Word: economists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continues its present dedication to growth and "progress." At least that is the vision conjured by an elaborate study entitled The Limits to Growth. Its sponsors are no latter-day Jeremiahs, but the 70 eminently respectable members of the prestigious Club of Rome. These include Aurelio Peccei, the Italian economist (and former Olivetti chief) who now heads the management firm of Italconsult in Rome; Kogoro Uemura, president of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations; and Britain's Alexander King, director general for scientific affairs of the Office for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is as if David Rockefeller, Henry...
...underwrite the cost of stock purchases in private and public corporations for workers who could not otherwise afford it. In addition to giving Puerto Ricans a second income, the plan is expected to stimulate consumer demand and spur business growth. The idea was developed by San Francisco Lawyer and Economist Louis Kelso (TIME, June 29, 1970), who helped draft the program. He has been working for years to get such a plan adopted in the U.S. at both the federal and state levels...
...Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of about 2.4%. That was roughly double the October rate but well below the 4.1% average earlier this year. Indeed, from September through November, living costs went up at a rate of only 1.7%. Herbert Stein, the President's chief economist, warns that prices may spurt briefly during December and January because some previously frozen increases will be allowed to rise in Phase II. Still, President Nixon said that he is confident that consumer prices will drop to an annual rate of 2% to 3% for the coming year-a figure...
...Control. Croatia's Communist leaders, most notably Dr. Savka Dabčević-Kučar, the brilliant woman economist who for the past three years has served as chairman of the Central Committee, seemed either incapable or unwilling to halt the separatist agitation. In fact, some observers suggested that committee members secretly welcomed the agitation since it forced the Belgrade leaders to grant even more concessions to Croatia...
More and more Japanese also believe that, by stressing industrial growth, they have shortchanged themselves in public amenities. Says Economist Sadakazu Chikaraishi: "Only by persistently keeping down our infrastructure investments have we been able to keep our industrial production soaring." The extent and quality of Japanese roads, parks and housing are far below Western standards. In Tokyo and Osaka, and other overcrowded cities many workers live in fragile wooden shacks that are crammed together in foul narrow lanes. Fully 90% of Japanese houses do not have flush toilets...