Word: friedman
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Reagan now searches for evidence to bolster his position. Economist Milton Friedman came by the White House last week and told the President that interest rates were at an in-between stage. Bankers who were betting on a Reagan retreat, Friedman said, predict the rates will go still higher; those who believe he will not yield expect the rates to come down. Stand firm, the economist declared, and rates will fall. Reagan nearly hugged...
...Michael Friedman...
...hour) were not matched by increases in wages and thus in the public's capacity to consume (factory pay rose less than 20%). The collapse of the overinflated stock market therefore started a downward spiral in both demand and the ability to pay. Conservative economists like Milton Friedman, on the other hand, blame the Federal Reserve System for failing to expand the money supply sufficiently in the wake of the stock market crash...
...first surprise for Commanding Officer Charles Taylor (Peter Friedman), a West Pointer, is to meet Captain Richard Davenport (Charles Brown), the black officer assigned by the Army to investigate Waters' murder. Almost inadvertently, he says to Davenport: "Being in charge does not look right on Negroes." Besides, the prime suspects are local stalwarts of the Ku Klux Klan. What Deep South white man would testify before a black? Davenport is a seasoned skirmisher on the color line. He is adamant, but scrupulously fairminded...
...prejudge the council," Friedman said, "But I am optimistic." He added that "the street changes we're talking about have always been contemplated for our project." They were recommended by a state-mandated environmental impact report released this past fall, and have also received the backing of the city planning board and the Cambridge community development department, after careful consideration by both groups...