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Sep. 28, 1992: From the Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Sep. 28, 1992 The Economy
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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<p> Anyone who thinks that economists practice a dismal science
has never been treated to the vivid commentaries of Allen Sinai.
"It's the forces of darkness vs. the forces of light," he says,
describing the tensions at play in the U.S. economy. "Hate vs.
love, like in the original Cape Fear, but the love will win."
Sinai, president of the Boston Co. Economic Advisors, was one of
five experts who convened in New York City last week for a TIME
economic forum. The meeting was part of a tradition going back
to 1969, when the magazine began inviting top economists to
gather around a table and divulge their forecasts about the
recessions, recoveries and wrenching trends that sweep through
the U.S. economy like weather systems. Among the panelists over
the years have been such figures as Lester Thurow, a
best-selling author and dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of
Management, and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board.
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<p> The last time the forum took place, in late 1990 after the
start of the current slowdown, the panel accurately predicted
a protracted slump. This time the issues were just as pressing:
Why is the recovery so abysmally slow, and what hope can be
found in the economic proposals of George Bush and Bill Clinton?
For his part, Sinai predicted a long grind, but saw bright spots
emerging. David Hale, chief economist of Kemper Financial Cos.,
called for a combination of "Bush's trade policy with elements
of Clinton's domestic policy." Dan Lacey, publisher of Workplace
Trends, saw little in either candidate's policy to stimulate job
creation. Gail Fosler, chief economist for the Conference Board,
described consumer attitudes as stubbornly skeptical. Donald
Ratajczak, director of the economic-forecasting center at
Georgia State University, warned about the danger of trying to
fix the federal deficit too soon.
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<p> Last week's forum was especially illuminating because the
current recovery is such an odd, torpid one. "Of all these
panels I've attended, this one was the best," says senior writer
John Greenwald, who helped organize the session and wrote one
of the cover stories. "Sometimes discussions of economic issues
get bogged down in minutiae that can be eye-glazing." To its
credit, the TIME panel provided a sweeping analysis of the
troubled economy and of what's right and what's wrong about the
candidates' programs to fix it.
</p>
<p>-- Elizabeth P. Valk
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