TRY typing in “majalah prisma” in the Google search engine. The very first search result that will come up mentions that the economist Faisal Basri became interested in studying economics after reading Prisma. It goes to show how this magazine, which was issued by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Education & Information (LP3ES), had considerable influence back in its glory days in the 1980s. Needless to say, Mr Basri wasn’t