Word: economists
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...there is a set of numbers that may deserve to be taken seriously. Joel Hay, a health economist for the Hoover Institution at Stanford, has used a statistical tool called "back calculation" to analyze data on AIDS infections. His surprising conclusion: about 640,000 Americans carry the virus. If he is right, the epidemic, while still devastating, may be only half as widespread as generally believed...
...economist uses his techniques to predict the rate at which new AIDS cases will be reported, and his projections seem to be on target. Says a Government scientist: "Every month Hay's numbers look better and better, while the official estimates look worse...
AIDS activists doubt Hay's figures and fear that they could cause the nation to become less concerned about the disease. The critics think that the use of anti-AIDS drugs has delayed the onset of symptoms in many people and thus made the economist's calculations erroneous...
Some entertainment-industry observers suggested that Congress should challenge the Sony deal as well. For one thing, entertainment is the second largest U.S. export industry (aerospace is first). Moreover, Pat Choate, an economist and author of a forthcoming book on Japanese involvement in U.S. politics, sees Sony as a company that zealously lobbies for its own interests and stands to gain substantial influence over U.S. public opinion. Just as overseas firms are barred from owning U.S. television stations because of the potential for spreading propaganda, Choate notes, limits should perhaps be placed on foreign ownership of Hollywood studios...
When Thomas C. Schelling was on an Economics Department senior search committee in 1976, he wanted Harvard to hire a Stanford economist named A. Michael Spence...