Business: To End the Public-Private War

A call for a needed truce between Government and enterprise

During more than four distinguished decades of shuttling between the learned halls of Harvard and the corridors of power in Washington, John T. Dunlop, 66, became increasingly troubled by a damaging adversary relationship in U.S. society. Says he: "Why did American Government and business become so hostile during the last 75 to 100 years?"

Upon returning to Harvard in 1976 after serving as Secretary of Labor in the Ford Administration, Dunlop found an equally concerned colleague at Harvard, President Derek C. Bok. With Bok's backing, Dunlop began to explore ways to alleviate the...

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