SMALL BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

SMALL BUSINESS AND SOCIETY

67-557 O

DECEMBER 2, 3, AND 4, 1975

Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1976

Testimony of—

CONTENTS

Barber, Dr. Richard J., president, Richard J. Barber Associates, Inc.,

Washington, D.C...

Page

92

Cole, John N., editor, Maine Times; president, Maine Times, Inc.,

Topsham, Maine....

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102

56

Flynn, Dr. John J., professor of law, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, Utah

Henderson, Carter, codirector, The Princeton Center for Alternative

Futures, Inc., Princeton, N.J

Maccoby, Dr. Michael, director, Harvard Project on Technology,

Work and Character, and Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies,

Washington, D.C...

Müller, Dr. Ronald E., professor, Department of Economics, American

University, Washington, D.C_

Peterson, Dr. Wallace C., George Holmes professor of economics and

chairman, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Nebr

Rollins, Sheila, National codirector, People's Bicentennial Commis-
sion, Washington, D.C..

Seidenberg, Dr. Robert, clinical professor of psychiatry, Upstate
Medical Center, State University of New York at Syracuse, Syra-
cuse, N. Y

Stein, Dr. Barry, associate director, Center for Social and Evaluation
Research, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.
Williams, Harold S., president, Institute on Man and Science, Rens-
selaerville, N.Y_

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APPENDIX

Prepared statements:

Barber, Dr. Richard J., president, Richard J. Barber Associates, Inc.,

Washington, D.C...

133

Cole, John N., editor, Maine Times; president, Maine Times, Inc.,

Topsham, Maine_

145

Flynn, Dr. John J., professor of law, University of Utah, Salt Lake

City, Utah..

147

Henderson, Carter, codirector, The Princeton Center for Alternative

Futures, Inc., Princeton, N.J..

180

Maccoby, Dr. Michael, director, Harvard Project on Technology,

Work and Character, and Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies,

Washington, D.C..

192

Müller, Dr. Ronald E., professor, Department of Economics, American

University, Washington, D.C.

197

Peterson, Dr. Wallace C., George Holmes professor of ceonomics and

chairman, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska,

Lincoln, Nebr__.

202

Rollins, Sheila, national codirector, People's Bicentennial Commis-

sion, Washington, D.C__

228

Seidenberg, Dr. Robert, clinical professor of psychiatry, Upstate

Medical Center, State University of New York at Syracuse, Syra-

cuse, N. Y

Stein, Dr. Barry, associate director, Center for Social and Evaluation

Research, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.--.

Williams, Harold S., president, Institute on Man and Science, Rens-

selaerville, N. Y

237

247

259

by

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Article, "Some Big Insights Into the Meaning of Smallness,"

Michael Kernan, from the Washington, Post, Aug. 13, 1975--

Article, "A Mined-Out Coal Town Gains New Life as Social

Laboratory," by James T. Wooten, from the New York Times,

Nov. 12, 1975..

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