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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although some Administration spokesmen insist that the U.S. position is not intended to pick a fight with anyone, the internecine squabble has only served to mystify Europeans more than ever. At the least, the nation's allies rightly wonder what the U.S. has to get tough with in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Teaming Up Against OPEC | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

The plan would also help set a free-market ceiling price for oil in the U.S. itself. Reason: If OPEC tried to sell crude at a higher price, customers would turn to the synthetic fuel instead, and rising demand would encourage companies to boost output and build more plants. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Teaming Up Against OPEC | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Now OPEC, which could be considered the Sputnik of the '70s, threatens the rest of the world. The shotgun marriage of Government and industry, to develop alternative energy sources, has yet to be consummated; but history shows what can be accomplished if they join forces.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Play It Again, Uncle Sam | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

That estimate could prove low, and Firestone's product liability insurance coverage could be partly invalidated if it is proved that top management knew of and covered up the defects. None of the memos and records in Washington that Beaty saw hint that Firestone ever considered stopping production. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Forewarnings of Fatal Flaws | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

Evans, who majored in economics and mathematics at Brown University, is a pioneer in econometrics, in which hundreds of related equations are fed into a computer to determine what would happen if, say, a 45-day auto strike occurred this fall. In 1963 Evans joined Professor Lawrence Klein at the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Flash and a Touch of Brash | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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