Word: leontiefs
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This conviction prompted Hoffmann and Walzer to ask a number of other Faculty members to attend a meeting at Sever Hall to discuss the bust. About 100 faculty attended the meeting, from which emerged the liberal caucus, led by Hoffmann, Walzer and Wassily Leontief, then professor of Economics. They drew up a four-point resolution condemning both the student takeover and Pusey's action; the motion specifically indicated Pusey, saying he had "misinterpreted the Faculty vote on ROTC" and stating that his public statements "were a major source of the current disturbance." The resolution also "deplored the lack of consultation...
...expanding domestic production and relying less on imports, the world's poorer countries may achieve a trade balance and may boost production to "provide them with exactly what they need," Leontief said...
...Leontief said that the world's poorer countries may be saved only by massive transfers of capital from the more developed countries. This transfer is impossible without reducing increases in defense spending, he added...
...Leontief also ruled out Marxist revolution as a means of rejuvinating production in the third world nations...
...Leontief, a former Harvard economics professor said that population growth is a very important variable in predicting the future of world economy, and added "The future of many countries depends on population increase...