Word: economists
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...year of Harvard-bashing in the media, we at least thought we could count on the fair-minded Economist to say something nice. Those nice chaps tried, but they didn't succeed. A recent article in the magazine chronicles Harvard's annus horribilis with zeal, but in the end discounts the last year as an aberration, falling back on Harvard's name and stature to complacently dismiss the unfortunately events as novelties. In doing so, The Economist entirely misses the point and does Harvard a great injustice...
...jobs in May. The month before witnessed the third decline in a row in the index of leading economic indicators, which is used to forecast economic conditions six to nine months from now-when Campaign '96 will be well under way. "This is a pretty sizable slowdown," observes economist Victor Zarnowitz of Columbia University. "In many ways it resembles past slowdowns that have become recessions...
...Governments in search of advice looked to think-tank such as the Institute of Economic Affairs in Britain and the Heritage Foundation in the United States, rather than to Oxford or Harvard," The Economist wrote...
Among the honorary winners are two graduates of the College--economist James Tobin '39 and business historian Alfred D. Chandler...
...associate economist with the Office of PriceAdministration and Civilian Supply in Washingtonfrom 1941 to 1942, Tobin was a teaching fellow atHarvard between 1946 and 1947. He was named anassociate professor of economics at Yale in 1950and became a full professor...