In his early years, Mister Galbraith was greatly influenced by the economist Thorstein Veblen and his book, "The Theory of the Leisure Class."

VOA: special.2011.05.01

The economist says China has been trying to expand its exports through what he called the "right economic policies and measures,".

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But economist Jack Strauss says credit conditions threaten the main engine of job growth since two thousand one small businesses.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Under George Steinbrenner the Yankees made offers for nearly all of the best free agents, says sports economist Andrew Zimbalist.

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One of the researchers was economist Wolfram Schlenker at Columbia University in New York and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

VOA: special.2011.05.17

Economist Sebastian Mallaby at the Council on Foreign Relations says G-20 nations should work together on financial reforms.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

In any case,Britain's Economist magazine recently named Pittsburgh the most livable city in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Nick Parsons, an economist with the National Australia Bank, says the bank made the right move.

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The British economist John Maynard Keynes published an influential book that supported the same policy.

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Still,the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund says the effects of the world economic crisis will hurt both supply and demand for years to come.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Stephen Schwartz is an economist at the Spanish investment bank BBVA in Hong Kong.

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But,as economist Andrew Zimbalist points out, they are the effect of a free market.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Bank economist Jeff Chelsky says the poorest countries are in the greatest danger.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says the deal shows that money is not everything.

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But the lender's chief economist also warned that "downside risks have risen sharply."

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The agricultural economist points to the demand for locally grown crops.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Olivier Blanchard is the chief economist for the I.M.F.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Carlo Padoan,chief economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, says Greece must act quickly to reduce its debt.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Just how serious is the Greek crisis? Very serious, says economist Paula Subacchi of the Chatham House policy institute in London.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

But a year later, economist Alice Rivlin says aggressive actions taken by the Obama administration, appear to have stopped the bleeding.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Economist Gianluca Benigno of the London School of Economics says cracking down on tax havens should not be an immediate concern.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Nake Kamrany, an economist at the University of Southern California, says entrepreneurs like Cutler do several things for a society.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Viroj Na Ranong,an economist with the Thailand Development Research Institute, a policy research agency, fears that shift is under way.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Asian Development Bank economist Zhuang Jian says strong performance in the last two months of 2009 helped China's export surge.

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Nagesh Kumar,chief economist at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, says foreign investment will also suffer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21