1. `THE MESSAGE' FROM PAUL TSONGAS MAY BE WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO HEAR.
- Author
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Harbrecht, Douglas and Wildstrom, Stephen H.
- Subjects
PRESIDENTIAL candidates ,HIGH technology industries ,ECONOMIC competition ,INDUSTRIAL laws & legislation ,CORPORATE finance ,VENTURE capital - Abstract
Presents information on U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Paul E. Tsongas. Comment on how his party needs to drop their business-bashing and class warfare; View of Tsongas on how the U.S. takes on economic superpowers Germany and Japan; Report that he wants the government to deal with a shortage of venture capital by stepping in and investing in promising technologies; Opinion of Republican strategist Kevin Phillips calls Tsongas, the last of the Atari Democrats, referring to a late 1970s breed who wanted more government-industry cooperation to meet global competition, particularly in high-tech industries.
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- 1991