Word: mckie
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...North...wasn't made to do what he did," said Horasina McKie, one of five alternates dismissed when the case went to the jury. "He had a choice in it. He had a choice to either say, `No, I don't want to do this' or `Yes sir, I will do this' even as it went along, and he knew it was wrong...
...McKie said she had not discussed the case with other jurors--following the strict instructions given daily by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell--and did not know how they feel...
...McKie, an alternate juror who commented in an interview with CBS News, touched on one of North's major defenses, that he was authorized...
...able to hold the line on prices because wage demands have slowed while worker productivity has begun to increase after stagnating during the recession. Another reason for optimism about inflation is the stability of oil prices. Said Heller: "There is no third oil shock anywhere in sight." James McKie, an economics professor at the University of Texas, agreed but added a caveat: "There was no second oil shock in sight before 1978 and no first oil shock in sight prior to 1973. The history of energy prices is a history of surprises...
More and more prominent economists, mostly conservatives, are endorsing a consumption tax. They include Princeton's David Bradford, James McKie of the University of Texas, Stanford's Michael Boskin, and Alan Greenspan, who was chief economic adviser to President Gerald Ford. The idea is also bubbling within the Administration. Martin Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, calls the consumption tax "appealing." Says Treasury Secretary Donald Regan: "In the long run, we have to have fewer taxes on savings. A move toward consumption taxes will probably be an absolute necessity if the U.S. is to remain competitive...