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Some firms regard their reputation for providing a sustained yield as so valuable that they dig deep into their reserves when earnings are too low to cover the outlay. This is all right, says Harvard Business School Economist John Lintner, "when the earnings decline is pretty surely temporary. Management will be very often serving stockholders best by maintaining dividend payments and protecting the price of the stock." But some industries have persisted too long in this rearguard action-and steel is one of them. While earnings dropped year after year and the industry lagged in modernization, steelmen kept rewarding stockholders...
...John V. Lintner, Jr. professor of Business Administration, emphasized that the proposals constitute a "long needed change in our fundamental tax structure, not just a quickie tax cut." The present tax structure, he said, was established in the late 1940's to offset post-war inflationary pressure. He explained that basic economic problems have changed since then. The present tax structure is "simply inappropriate...taxes are too damn high...
...eleven significant downturns since World War II, only four have actually been followed by a recession. This time, many economists seem to believe it is wrong again. The most important economic indicators still point toward further gains for the economy, insists Harvard Business School's Professor John V. Lintner: "The market is giving out a lot of false signals in its short-term trends...
...members of the committee include Samuel H. Beer, Paul Buck, J.N. Douglas Bush, Abram Chayes '43, Dean A. Clark, Merle Fainsod, John Finley, Jr. 25, Bertrand Fox, John K. Galbraith, Seymour E. Harris '20, Mark A. DeWolfe Howe '28, George B. Kistaikowsky, John V. Lintner, Harold C. Martin, Sumner H. Slichter, Charles H. Taylor, Robert Ulich, and John H. Van Vleck...
...committee included Samuel H. Beer, Paul H. Buck, J.N. Douglas Bush, Abram Chayes '43, Dean A. Clark, Merle Fainsod, John H. Finley, Jr. '25, Bertrand Fox, John Kenneth Galbraith, Seymour E. Harris '20, Mark A. DeWolfe Howe '28, George B. Kistiakowsky, John V. Lintner, Harold C. Martin, Summer H. Slichter, Charles H. Taylor, Robert Ulich, John H. Van Vleck...