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Senator Bentsen last month introduced six bills to boost productivity. They would, among other things, allow more rapid tax depreciation of R. and D. projects leading to innovations that are ultimately patented, and permit a 10% R. and D. tax credit for small firms. Stressing that the Carter Administration has been dilatory in proposing remedies, Bentsen admits that his bills "are not glamorous solutions. But they could increase productivity, and that would translate directly into less inflation and rising paychecks...
Gierek came to power with a mandate for change. Worker riots in 1970 over increased food prices had toppled the Gomulka regime. The new government tried a policy of rapid economic development, heavily dependent upon Western technology and credits, to bring Poland out of economic stagnation. An international recession and a string of bad harvests led instead to an economic slump; and Gierek, like his predecessor, attempted to end artificial price controls in 1976. Workers took to the streets, and the regime backed down. With no solution in sight, Polish consumers now suffer from endemic shortages of meat. Necessary consumer...
Other experts suggest that the number of top horses contending for the Crown may have been diminished by the rapid growth of racing days nationwide. Many horses are raced out by the end of their two-year-old campaigns and retired. The breeders of others now pick and choose among rich purses scattered across 15 states rather than risk everything for show money in the Triple Crown events in a year when a really fine horse like Spectacular Bid turns up. In 1948 there were 696 stakes and feature races, only nine with purses...
...said the rapid growth of professional salaries and the greater demand for service fostered by technical progress might be responsible for the decline in public trust of professionals...
Oman has several of the same problems that were related to the downfall of the Shah of Iran: an absolute monarchy, a rapid pace of development, a large foreign military and industrial presence, and the potential for a troublesome insurgency. And oil. While hardly in the class of Saudi Arabia, Iraq or Iran, Oman does produce about 350,000 bbl. per day, with an income of $1.2 billion a year. It is the twelfth largest oil-producing nation in the world, and at its present rate has proven reserves for nearly half a century...