Word: thurow
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...terms of the value-added tax, ((economist Lester)) Thurow was talking about that, ((economist Robert)) Heilbroner's talking about that. They do it in Europe. It is, I believe, when you use it as replacement rather than add-on, it does not have an increase price effect to the whole economy. But it is price neutral, and it's a matter of what the market conditions are. And I'm sure that if people can raise the price, they'll do so. And since most shares of stock are owned by the wealthiest people, when...
...painless way to make a transition to his new plan for America. The decision to downsize our arsenal will cost many jobs and job retraining expenditures. The reduction of our debt will take fiscal discipline and commitment. Again, Tsongas economic plan--developed with famous MIT economist Lester Thurow--is clear...
...according to Lester C. Thurow, dean of MIT's Sloan School, and a vocal proponent of this type of educational reform, the principal opposition this time comes from the teachers themselves. Teachers reluctant to forego a long summer break are hiding behind an argument for quality instead of quantity, he says...
...according to Thurow and Barrett, what is at issue is the long-term competitiveness of the United States, and not the financial strains of the current year...
...have a global economy, you must have the skills or work for wages lower than the Koreans," he says. Thurow says that real wages for nonsupervisory workers, who account for two-thirds of the total workforce, have decreased 12 percent since 1973 and continue to do so at the rate of one percent per year...